Does anyone know any good books for coding on Windows in C++? That is, creation of a window, adding elements of GUI etc. I am quite good at C++, so I don't need an intro on it.
Coding on Windows in C++ Books?
The standard book is Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows" :
http://www.charlespetzold.com/pw5/index....
Keep in mind that the Win32 API is based on C, so no classes are available. A very good C++ wrapper from Microsoft are the MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes). The standard text book on those is "Programming Windows With MFC" by Jeff Prosise.
Now with all this being said, keep in mind that Microsoft is really pushing C# and their .NET class framework. Unless you are loooking for high performance / small footprint applications or driver development, it is probably going to be easier to do C# / .NET development instead because of more available resources.
Reply:You may want to take a look at Micrsoft Foundation Class Libraries as well as Microsoft Visual C++ .net:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-N...
In my opinnion you should look more towards .NET 2.0 / .NET 3.0 for Windows XP and Windows Vista development.
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