Windows via C/C++

by Mark Russinovich (Foreword), Jeffrey M. Richter, Christophe Nasarre

Get the preeminent guide to programming application for Windows with C++. Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows is a classic book (formerly titled Advanced Windows, Third Edition) and is now fully updated for Windows Vista, including the latest information about Windows XP. In-depth and comprehensive, this essential reference covers the Windows operating system and how to program at the API level. Recognized experts provide an inside view of how Windows works and how to use its features in Visual C++ development tasks. Topics covered include processes, thread pooling, virtual memory, DLLs, file I/O, and message crackers. For systems-level programmers, this is a must-have title. Includes code samples in Visual C++.

Genres: Programming, Technology, Computer Science, Technical, Computers, Software

848 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 2007

Reviews

[Danien · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not a book about creating Windows applications at the user interface level (see Charles Petzold's books for that). This is an update to Richter's Advanced Windows Programming, which was a great book dealing with the advanced features of the Windows operating system such as multithreading, asynchronous I/O and completion ports, etc.

Lots of examples, detailed explanations on what goes on behind the scenes make this a great reference that you can jump into any time, but should definitely give it a thorough read at least once through.

[Rene Stein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Klasika.
Bohužel i v této edici by název měl spíš znít Windows via C, protože těch pár API wrapperů (C++ třídy) to nezachrání. Hlavně v kapitolách o synchronizačních primitivách používaných bez RAII jsem trpěl, protože jsem si hned představil, kolikrát se ten "demo" kód objeví v aplikaci.

[Steven Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read multiple editions of Richter’s classic starting back in 1995. It was my introduction to Win32 and pretty much all I needed. This is also still my go to reference for anything involving the Win32 subsystem or Windows native code in general.

[Leandro Dias · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good.

[Daniel Schulte · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't get to finish this one, but I definitely learned a lot from the half that I did read.

[Dennis Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably going to be reading & rereading this one forever

[Gregory Eakins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great reference for advanced programmers, but most of the content is too advanced for the casual programmer.

[Dmitry · Rating 5 out of 5]

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