What important things should a newbie learn?
• The class libraries are only a foundation: there is nothing wrong in using the raw Win32 API. • Use the on-line help. Everyone else does. • Learn to write 32 bit applications without bothering to serve a 16 bit apprenticeship. And ignore dated books which cover 16 bit programming: there are some things programmers were not meant to know. • Look through the sample programs your compiler ships with: they are a good way of learning how to write windows applications and a source of code. • Resource files (.RC) are really text files and sometimes are best edited as such instead of with a resource editor. • Step into the source of the class libraries when debugging to find out what’s really happening, but avoid modifying the source or making big assumptions about the implementation unless you have to -either of these tricks increase your maintenance costs. If you do have to modify the class libraries, cutting and pasting the source into your own classes first is usually better. • Sometimes
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