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

[The Tone's. <to...@ds...>]

I'm not going to belabor this.

My response obviously is going to end up being as valueless to you as the
question you asked of the group.

My bad.

I'm old enough, I've been around enough and I should know better ... but my
parting words of wisdom ... FWIW ...

The devil in this business is _not_ in the specifics of things.

Win32API, wxWindows yadddah, yaddah.

The devil is in the ability to understand the fundamental nature of things.

To be able to do research.

To be able to form designs and examples for the pro's and con's.

To formulate queries to your peers with precise questions to be answered based
on your research of the problem and your examples

All without always fully understanding the technology for implementation, or
the specifics of the problem domain etc ...

The platforms are constantly changing, first it was DOS, then it was Windows,
the it was Win32S, then it was Win32API, the it was .NET then it is ???.

But the true nature of what it means to be a "programmer" has not changed ...
from the days when you flipped switches on the front of a blinky box to today
...

Tony

--- Daniel Glenfield <sp...@ho...> wrote:
> 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.

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