Visual C++ or Visual C++ .NET Where to start?

**skald2k** · May 27th, 2002, 12:36 AM

Are you saying to skip MFC altogehter and learn the Win32 API? Is this how it is "usually" done?

Feedback from you or anyone else is appreciated

**Jop** · May 27th, 2002, 05:06 AM

Yeah my advice is to first learn it the API way before going MFC... But I think when you want to go .NET, choose C#, because this is the language especially written for .NET

**skald2k** · May 27th, 2002, 06:38 AM

Hmm okay I will learn the API. Any suggestions on where to start? Books, tutorials etc?

I've used the Win32 API many times in the past for VB, so im not a total newbie!

**Jop** · May 27th, 2002, 06:57 AM

The API isn't that hard at all with some MSDN and platform SDK..

for a good Win32 tutorial: http://www.winprog.org/tutorial

**skald2k** · May 27th, 2002, 07:08 AM

Thanks for the help!

**Jop** · May 27th, 2002, 07:13 AM

Read this for arguments for the API and against MFC, and it gives a good view on why

http://winprog.org/tutorial/apivsmfc.html

**CornedBee** · May 27th, 2002, 09:01 AM

This article is very good (IMO, partly because it supports my point of view). I think the most important part is in the last paragraph and defines the time when you're ready to try out MFC:
When you know enough API that you can translate solutions given to you in API to MFC.

**skald2k** · May 28th, 2002, 07:06 AM

Hi Cornedbee, mind posting that link again? That thing you posted up is just undelined text!

and *bump* for the Americans who've had a long weekend.

**CornedBee** · May 28th, 2002, 09:54 AM

That's not a link. It's something picked from the link in the post above mine.

**skald2k** · May 29th, 2002, 07:37 AM

Ahh lol, yes, im sorry, ill take a look. Thank you.

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