[ale] OT: Windows Programming

[Brian Schenken]

Depending on how complex you want to get - the way I normally do this is:

First:

Start with a console application project.
Get your code working with info/error messages printing to the console.

Then:

Start a windows service application project.
Copy over and tweak the code to output messages to the event viewer.

Finally:
Deploy!

Like James said, online resources, examples, msdn, etc are the way to go.
Don't be afraid to pick up libraries so that you don't have to reinvent the
wheel.  I highly recommend Chilkat's stuff:  http://www.chilkatsoft.com/
and their code samples are often a good place to start.

Cheers,
B



On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:34 AM, James Powell <jbpowell78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Chris,
>
> I was curious as to what language you were looking at using. I did basic
> win32 programming at my last job with some C# towards the end. For the most
> basic windows stuff I have found that online resources and examples,
> including MSDN, work for 90% of the coding we did. If you are looking for
> something more specific I can reach out to some of my friends still in that
> world for advice on good books.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 16:49 Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm working on some code to run as a service in Windows.  I'll do this in
>> VS 2013.
>>
>> What I need to know is how to do things in Windows.
>>
>> When I started programming in Linux I began with "Advanced Programming in
>> the UNIX Environment" - Stevens.
>> What author is the guru for Win32/64 and what is the equivalent book?
>>
>> I think I have all books in the standard library for UNIX programmers.
>>
>> Chris
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