Re: [Dev-C++] How can I become a great windows programmer?

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

Hey I was just after people's opinions and suggestions. I'm sure you'd agree 
there are as many bad practices out there as there are good ones, why begin 
a bad habit?

This is a question for experienced programmers who have been in the field 
and whose knowledge could benefit myself and others reading this list. If 
the question isn't one welcomed by most, then it won't get replied to. 
Simple.




>From: The Tone'ster <to...@ds...>
>To: list dev-cpp-users <dev...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] How can I become a great windows programmer?
>Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:33:40 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>being a professional programmer myself ...
>
>another technique for being a good programmer is learning how to do basic
>research using a search engine to find 
>tutorials/information/implementations on
>subject matter that is pertinent.
>
>posting questions like this shows no initiative, no aptitude and shows no
>respect for the value of other programmers time ...
>
>Tony
>
>--- Zodiaq <zo...@ac...> wrote:
> > Hello Daniel and all Dev-C++ users,
> >
> > Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 4:41:29 PM, Daniel wrote as follows:
> >
> > DG> crazy thing to ask as I know you don't become one overnight, but how 
>can
> > I
> > DG> get on and become good at windows programming? I'm specifically 
>asking
> > for
> > DG> tutorials on websites, general tips (don't use/do use wizards in 
>VC++),
> > DG> things like that.
> >
> > Question is really strange... but let me say few things:
> > -to be good at programming windows app you have to decide how you'll
> > made them - using MFC, VCL, wxWindows, .NET or in pure WinAPI... well, I 
>use
> > the last option because I like to see small size of my apps, and the
> > speed is fastest of mentioned... Yeah, I have write some more code
> > that I'd have to in i.e. MFC, but these don't matter - I'm master of
> > my code and I don't have to rely on oversized MFC libs... but choose
> > one as you shouldn't devide your time into different areas - it's just
> > waste of it...
> > -I've chosen WinAPI and there are thousand of examples in C++ in MSDN
> > and in Platform SDK (which you can download for free from M$ site, it
> > is also updated fequantly - something like 4 times a year)
> > -at last, but not least - to be good at something you have to
> > understand it deeply - I mean every aspect of C++ (templates, 
>exceptions,
> > OOP) and WinAPI (HANDLEs, msgs, errors, limitations etc.)
> > - lots of own code...
>
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