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From: pdavid@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Paul C. David)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.news,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Application development using Microsoft Windows
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Date: 4 Apr 89 18:11:49 GMT
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In article <3884@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> chow@iris.ucdavis.edu (John L. Chow) writes:
>I am in the process of making the decision of using Microsoft
>1. What is the future of MS Windows as a standard for DOS?
	This borders on being a religious issue.  From a
	stylistic point of view, it is said to be very
	similar to the OS/2 Presentation Manager development
	environment.  There are even software tools to
	help out on this.
>2. What are the best reference books on programming MS Windows?
	Definitely "Programming Windows" by Petzold.
	Brought to you by the folks at Microsoft Press.
>3. Any comments about Glockenspiel's CommonView using C++ for Windows
>   programming?
	Rumbling are that Microsoft will support it.
	Also that porting to a different windowing
	environment is a matter of setting a new flag at
	compile time.  So far X-Windows and NeWS are
	supported.  Many feel that Macintosh will follow
	suit (no pun intended).
>4. How complex is it for a normal C programmer to learn and use it for
>   a major program development?  Is taking a class to learn about MS 
>   Windows a good idea?  Who offers the best class?
	If you've got the money, Microsoft University
	puts out a series of videos, with workbooks.
	Otherwise, unless UCD teaches a class in
	Windowing Environments, you may get by just
	studying Petzold'd book.  Experience in any
	Windowing system will give you a head start.
>   chow@iris.ucdavis.edu
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Paul C. David		pdavid@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU
California Polytechic State University, San Luis Obispo
Home of the six-year or 60,000 mile undergraduate degree