Schildt's Windows 95 Programming in C and C++

By Herbert Schildt

This book, written by a leading programming authority, will teach all of the basics, such as creating dialog boxes, menus, bitmaps, etc. It will take on all of the key issues for programmers who have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0078820812
• ISBN13: 9780078820816
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oracle Pr
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful book

I study programming more to learn the operating system and environment. And Schildt is my favorite programming author. This is a classic book, and I definately learned how to programm in the Windows because of it. Even if you are using Windows 98 or Windows 2000, the code will be very similar. Now I have Schildt's "Windows 2000 Programming from the Ground Up" so I know this is true. You will find much of the same examples in Schilds "Windows 98 Programming in C and C++" and "Windows 2000 Programming from the Ground Up", so you certainly get by with those books as well. Bottom line is that Schildt doesn't just list API functions, he teaches you how to program in the given environment. Now I'm going to do his "Windows 2000 Programming from the Ground Up". Next, I want to do his MFC book, and also, the basic C# book looks great. If you want to learn C, C++, and Java, there is no better author than Schildt. C and C++ programming is a challenging subject, and it does take time to learn, but Schildt is the best instructor around.

Great Book for Beginners of Windows

This is a great book for someone with good knowledge of UNIX C++ or Console based C++. The person will quickly learn how to program under Windows in C++ without using MFC.Herbert explains the basic concepts of programming under Windows including the basics which are very important. Althought this book does not present MFC, but it is a great book for fundementals, such as Message Passing and even Threading. It Gives it to you easily step-by-step. Herbet builds upon a skeleton .The only thing is that you need very good knowledge of regular C++, and you are all set. would highly recommend this.

Great Book!

This book is perfect if you are a programmer new to windows 95 programming. Schildt knows his stuff and the book's well worth its money!

Great Book to learn from

This book will teach you everything on how a windows program works as well as all the different types of resources you can use, how they work, where to use them and how to program for them. The structure he uses allows you to start writing your own programs after the first few chapters, grated that they all follow the same base. You already have a small concept of C if you wish to read this book, althought the sample are very well prepared and explained, I don't think you could learn C from them. The only thing that I dislike about this book was that he never did say how to get out of the skeleton and start with just a dialog and not the basic window. I have not read the Advanced edition however. I will do so as soon as I get it.

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If you have some C programming skills you will quickl pick up the basics of Windows and event programming. The author uses a simple skeleton program to demonstrate new concepts one by one. The same skeleton is used through out the entire book which limits the total amount of code one needs to learn for each new concept. This approach not only expedites the learning process but also provides a comfortable and familar base line to learn the newly introduced concept. It also provides a easy means of rolling back to a known state should an experimental addition of code fail. I was quickly able to produce Windows applications and shortly after picked up the MFC version of this book. I was delightful surprised to see the exact skeleton in MFC with the same progression of concept introduction! I had orginally pick this book up to convert my C programs into windows based applications, I'm now doing full time MFC development as a result of these books. A Java version of this book would instantly become a member of my library.