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Posted by Guy Lecky-Thompson Jul 28, 2006 |
Windows programmers would like to tell you that it is a complicated matter. In fact, quite the opposite. I'm not talking about creating little applictaions with Visual Basic, either - I'm talking about programming in C for Windows.
Not to belittle VB coders. The Visual Basic environment is a fantastic rapid application development framework; it's just that for some of us, the price is prohibitive, the applications large and slow, and, generally speaking, we understand C/C++, and can relate to it.
So, while VB is good and easy, C is hard, right? Not if you understand why it is different from other C programming yoy've done in the past. Which is what The Windows Programming Paradigm is all about.
Once you understand what is underneath, it all becomes easier to digest. As my Windows Programming course lecturer once told me '90% of Windows programming is a cut and paste exercise'. So true...