The Art of OS/2 Warp Programming

By Arthur Panov, Larry Salomon Jr., Kathleen Panov

System development was never easier. Your total hands-on guide to programming OS/2 Warp... For serious OS/2 developers only Here is a complete, A-to-Z guide to programming OS/2 Warp. Three leading IBM insiders provide step-by-step guidelines and a gold mine of programming tips and tricks that make developing in Warp's 32-bit OS/2 operating system easier than ever. Using dozens of helpful working example programs in C, the authors explore all the ins and outs of working with the base system, as well as programming using Presentation Manager. And throughout, they've peppered the text with special "gotcha" icons that alert you to common programming mistakes to avoid and tips on how to fix them once they've been made. Some of the crucial topics covered in this hands-on guide include: GUI design and development Memory management File I/O and extended attributes Multitasking Interprocess communication And much more DISK INCLUDES More than 50 working programs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471086339
• ISBN13: 9780471086338
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 751 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.7" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

The best book of its kind

Of all the OS/2 programming books, this one is the best. It covers more topics, with more relevant details and sample source code, than any other book. Especially valueable are chapters like "Multithreading in PM Applications", which no other book covers. The majority of chapters covers topics specific to PM programming, but this book is still a must-have for any OS/2 developer.

Excellent for beginners

This book is excellent if you have no experience with writing to a windowing platform. It is good to have a grasp on C and basic coding experience. The book is well written and gives many examples along with warning tips, common pitfalls and known bugs. The chapters flow from one to another much like a school text book. I recommend this book highly if you want to learn OS2 programming in C.