I'm a beginner. I know turbo c++ basics. I have recently started using dev c++, and have just started learning it(myself).
I am eager to learn windows programming. The stuff at Forgerwin32 also seems a little hard to understand for me. Where should i start?
You can try googleing something like "windows programming tutorials" and reading those. Personally, I suggest getting good at C/C++ first - nothing is wrong with console programs (and they're better, in some respects). Learn about various things, and know what callbacks are before doing windows. (They confused me for quite a while.) For me, I started in C, moved to graphics using Allegro, and finally got used to Windows. I tried Windows early on, but couldn't comprehend the code. It took some time to really... sink in.
As for tutorials... the forgers is a good one, but get ahold of a copy of the Win32 API. I have one that is a standard .hlp file - it's a tad outdated, but it's 95% accurate, and darn useful, and you can read about the functions you're using alongside the code.
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So x is *((int *) NULL).
Hmmm, what's y?
CALLBACKS confused me for a bit too, I always ended up using a template.
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Books:
Charles Petzold - Windows Programming Fifth Ed.
Jeffrey Richter - Programming Applications for Windows Fourth Ed.
Im not a book guy myself, i only use these books as references. I prefer experimenting and reading tutorials, so MSDN really helps and any tutorials you can find on the net.
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Petzold is (sorta-almost-kinda not arguably) the best major introduction to Windows programming you can find. His book is well worth the paper it's written on and worth the paper your money is printed on.
Jeffrey Richter's book (Programming Applications) is also a very good resource, but it is not for beginners; discusses many more system-level things that are extremely useful to windows developers of all types, but chances are if you've just fresh got off petzold's book, you won't get a lot of it as the API does take time to absorb and understand.
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I'm starting windows programming too and I can easily say that Charles Petzold's "programming windows 5th edition" is fantastic. Truly fantastic. I'm already making windows and painting stuff on them.
The one thing that's dated is the GDI stuff since GDI+ has pretty much replaced it. I also have Petzold's C# book. The weird thing about his C# book is that he has to use a lot of windows API calls which makes it hard to follow given the Java-esque nature of C#. However, he has a great description of using GDI+ (with C#) but with a little elbow grease and knowledge of C++ you can follow his C# GDI+ examples using C++, in which case I'd also recommend his C# book since its description of GDI+ is great.
Still though the first book you should get his his 5th edition. You'll be very pleased and it isn't too expensive...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...171216?ie=UTF8
combine that with the free visual c++ express and you can pretty much do it all.
It was about 2 or 3 years ago that I downloaded lcc-win32 .... I've not used any other compiler against Windows so not certain how it compares. There is an introduction to Windows programming in its documentation which I found very useful.
So the documentation for your compiler may not be a bad place to look. It'll "kick-start" you if nothing else and then you can learn the intricacies from other publications.
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If you're not willing to buy the book, MSDN has many samples over Win32 programming that can break you in (somewhat) easily.
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what is meant by console programming . i mean how do you define the word console.
Console programming refers to the little black box window that appears when you run cmd.exe. Basically, it's any command-line application.
I've been given a c++ project at school which requires video handling.
Is it possible do it with dev or borland compilor. Its like I have to seperate out the frames from the video and then identify certain shapes or objects in that frame.
