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Title: Beginning Windows NT Programming by Julian Templeman ISBN: 1-86100-017-0 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This was what I was looking for
Comment: I was looking for a book that would introduce me to NT programming without going through the usual GUI garbage that has been handled by a thousand books (and which I frankly think should be programmed in VB, not C++).
This book does just that.
It is clearly written, covers topics such as thread synchronization, SEH, security, memory usage, NT services, event logging, consoles and more. I especially liked the chapter on NT services.
So why only four stars instead of five?
The last chapter on IPC and networking was conceptually good but poorly executed. I suspect that the publishing deadline drew near and the author ran out of time. Or perhaps the chapter was an afterthought, thrown in at the last minute, without much preparation or planning. The author makes no apologies for its quality, though he does make several references to other books which cover the topic, IPC and networking, better.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent non-GUI Win32 starter for C++ savvy programmers
Comment: As of January this year I was experienced in C++, but had zero windows programming experience. After some looking around, I chose this book as a place to start.
I was very pleased to find that the book was extremely well structured, and was particularly impressed with the sections on Dlls and Threads, with which I had zero experience.
I enjoy the Wrox style of writing, which involves a minimum of annoying screen captures and detailed theory followed by "try it out" code sections. Do yourslef a favour and download the code from the Wrox site, though.
No it doesn't do GUI win32, nor does it do MFC, but as a person coming from console-based C++ applications, it was a perfect bridge between pure C++ and the enormous world of Microsoft technologies.
I also enjoyed the sections on RPC and IDL, which have stood me in good stead in my research into COM (which is, of course, based on RPC).
To summarise, this book is excellent for:
- an experienced C++ programmer
- starting NON-GUI Win32 & windows programming
- a pre-cursor to learning MFC (after 2 months of MFC, I see that most of the classes are wrappers to win32, so one should learn win32 first)
It can probably be argued that the non-GUI aspects of Windows programming are a better place to start for a beginner than the GUI ones.
If you want to look at Win32 GUI programming, buy a separate book, like Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows"
Rating: 5
Summary: Teaches me a lot
Comment: I was looking for a book that really teaches about Windows NT System Programming, and I was lucky to find this one. Most of the Windows programming books will teach you MFC and maybe a little of system call (which is usually of negligible usefulness). This one exposes the inner working of Windows system. Many of the system calls in this book can also be used for Windows 9x despite the name Windows NT (cool!). The style is easy to follow. Perfect for people with C++ knowledge, and Unix programmers who want to learn Windows system programming.
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Title: The C++ Standard Library : A Tutorial and Reference by Nicolai M. Josuttis ISBN: 0201379260 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 12 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Introduction to MFC Programming with Visual C++ by Richard M. Jones ISBN: 0130166294 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 22 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson ISBN: 1593270070 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides ISBN: 0201633612 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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