Could someone please tell me what stuff I should know before I start windows programing? Consoles are getting a little old;)
Printable View
Could someone please tell me what stuff I should know before I start windows programing? Consoles are getting a little old;)
If you are competent with the console you know plenty. You'll also need a windows compiler obviously.
Jump in with a tutorial:
http://winprog.org/tutorial/
Object-oriented paradigm and event-driven programming.
Kuphryn
You should first decide to either use Win32 API or the wrapper classes MFC. Then if you choose MFC you need a solid foundation with Object-Oriented programming. If you choose to go the Win32 route then you should at least have a solid knowledge of C or C++. Either way you should know what you are doing with actual language before trying to tackle a gui library.
if you understand function pointers and Callback functions you should be fine. Most of the event driven nature of Windows is simply windows using the function pointer you gave it as a "Callback".
In my opinion, one should always learn "raw" Win32 programming first before learning MFC.
gg
>>>
In my opinion, one should always learn "raw" Win32 programming first before learning MFC.
<<<
Absolutely.