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[Vieo]

I've been learning Windows Programming off and on for the past month and a half using tutorials like this one. On another forum when I mentioned this someone, they told me that's the old school way and will be obsolete soon. He said since I don't have any Windows Programming experience, I would be better off learning with Windows Forms in C#.

I'm not exactly sure what this all means, but is he right?


EDIT: BTW, is C# a Windows-only thing or is it used on other OSes(Linux, etc) as well?

 

[borghe]

C# is windows only. it is actually .NET which does feature all sorts of easy ways to do stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/157231995X/104-9636563-1838308?v=glance

really this is one of the greatest introductory programming books, windows or otherwise, ever. if you have any basic understanding of programming, this book is awesome. What I used when I was first learning.

 

[Macam]

O'Reilly Book are among the best and most comprehensive books out there, so I'd check that list and see what it is that interests you and either hit up a Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com if you like what you see. I believe they offer a free PDF chapter for each book, so you can get an idea over there.

 

[iapetus]

C# is windows only. it is actually .NET which does feature all sorts of easy ways to do stuff.

Close, but no banana...

 

[Jeffahn]

Buyan iMac.

...

 

[borghe]

Close, but no banana...

touche. I generally don't keep up with projects to run windows crap on other OSes.... didn't know this existed.

 

[Hurricane_Chris]

I've been learning Windows Programming off and on for the past month and a half using tutorials like this one. On another forum when I mentioned this someone, they told me that's the old school way and will be obsolete soon. He said since I don't have any Windows Programming experience, I would be better off learning with Windows Forms in C#.

I'm not exactly sure what this all means, but is he right?


EDIT: BTW, is C# a Windows-only thing or is it used on other OSes(Linux, etc) as well?

What is your programming background and what do you hope to accomplish by "learning windows programming"?

 

[borghe]

What is your programming background and what do you hope to accomplish by "learning windows programming"?

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:lol

sorry, couldn't help it.

 

[Lardbutt]

C# and .NET is basically Microsoft's version of Java. It's not platform-dependent, just like Java. So it could theoretically be ported to every OS.

 

[CrunchyB]

C# and .NET is basically Microsoft's version of Java. It's not platform-dependent, just like Java. So it could theoretically be ported to every OS.

Let's get some things straight here.

C# is a programming language, just like C and the Java language.

Just like Java (the language), C# usually isn't compiled to "real" machine code like x86 but to a virtual machine.

.NET is a virtual machine interpreter (and more!) for running applications in various languages, such as C# or Visual Basic. Mono is basically the same interpreter, only reverse-engineered for Linux. I think that's the gist of it, I'm not an expert on the subject...

JRE is the Java interpreter. It is available on most major platforms.

 

[teiresias]

Wait, wait, wait, so you're telling me code compiled on VC++ .NET is also not compiled to binary code, but is executed through an interpreter? That seems weird and definately not freiendly to performance-critical applications.

 

[Vieo]

What is your programming background and what do you hope to accomplish by "learning windows programming"?

I really don't have much of a programming background. I've taken some classes in school, but that's about it. I know a decent amount of C, C++ and a sliver of x86 asm. By learning windows programming, I hope to accomplish to be able to make games like minesweeper and solitaire. I basically want to eventually be able to run games(or small applications) in something other than that musty old DOS.

After hitting some other forums, a lot of people say I'd be better off just using SDL instead.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

:lol

sorry, couldn't help it.

ROFLMAO. I'm not after money(yet! ).

My ultimate long term goal is to create a NetHack Killer!