Hi,
I need to start C/C++ again - its been about 2 years that i have not coded using these languages. I have the basic knowledge of C/C++ (OOP, OOA) i need to enhance my knowledge to know more about VC, WINAPI and operating system concepts.
What i am looking for is some guidance from you .. in term of which book should i follow for C/C++, WINAPI and OS Concepts.
Can any one give me some assignment or use case in which i can implement and practice my knowledge
Please guide me .. .
Charels Petzold will be the author, he's written several books on the subject of Windows programming:
http://books.google.com/books?as_aut...gational&hl=en
Edit: Link to author's own book page:
http://www.charlespetzold.com/books.htm
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Mats
Last edited by matsp; 02-29-2008 at 08:10 AM.
Compilers can produce warnings - make the compiler programmers happy: Use them!
Please don't PM me for help - and no, I don't do help over instant messengers.
well most of these books are for either 95 or win 98 .. i want to prepare myself with latest windows .. and with latest OS concepts.
the books will be good to enhance my C/C++ concepts but how about OS concepts.
+ any scneario to which should i implement to enhance my knowledge.
Aside from a few minor things, the API inside Windows Vista and Windows NT 4.0 are essentially identical, and the Windows 98 interface has a bunch of functions that only got into Windows NT5.0/5.1 (2000/XP). Since the book covers Win98, it is sufficient for 99% of all usage of Windows API - you need to be doing something pretty special to ever have to know the difference. [This applies to user-mode programming - driver writers are a different matter - but if you haven't done much Windows programming / driver programming, you shouldn't have to care about that].
As to computer/OS architecture in general, perhaps this one would be a choice:
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educa...USS_01DBC.html
I heard that there is a 4th edition, but the Tanenbaum website itself doesn't say so.
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/
If you think "Who's this Tanenbaum guy", I guess you should consider that Linux would probably not have existed if Linus Torvalds hadn't been reading his book [the one I recommend above] and thought to himself "Hmm, this OS stuff sounds interesting, I'll see if I can write my own".
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Mats
Compilers can produce warnings - make the compiler programmers happy: Use them!
Please don't PM me for help - and no, I don't do help over instant messengers.
In that case, you might want to look into .NET. Microsoft seems to be pushing .NET over WinAPI. Petzold has a free online book (which I have not yet read) to get you started.well most of these books are for either 95 or win 98 .. i want to prepare myself with latest windows .. and with latest OS concepts.
