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Summary: Packed with Win32 Goodness
Review: Not just a "How do I..." book, but also a "Why should I..." book. Richter writes in an easy, conversational, and readable style about difficult and technical topics related to Win32 programming - thread management and local storage, differences in the handing of DLLs in Win32 and Win16, using virtual memory, etc. In addition, the author makes explicit distinctions between the behavior of 95 and NT when appropriate. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Packed with Win32 Goodness
Review: Not just a "How do I..." book, but also a "Why should I..." book. Richter writes in an easy, conversational, and readable style about difficult and technical topics related to Win32 programming - thread management and local storage, differences in the handing of DLLs in Win32 and Win16, using virtual memory, etc. In addition, the author makes explicit distinctions between the behavior of 95 and NT when appropriate. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Absolutly Great !
Review: The firt thing you should know is that this book is not for Advanced users of windows. It's for Advanced PROGRAMERS in windows. which isn't clear from the books name. I normaly don't like books except when they are exceptionally usefull. So many authors write so much and give you a little. you see books that are 1200 pages. but you can put the usefull consise information in 400 pages. This book is RREEAALLY difirent. It's 1000 pages are realy a 1000. Jeff doesn't talk alot. gives you precise consice understandable detaild info. So much info. What's outside and inside. So many things that are not explained in the MSDN. (speacialy when he talks about the kernel objects) This book is not a complete guide to win32. BUT it's very complete in the topics it describes. To me, now I can say I'm an advanced win32 programer. The only misleading thing in the book is it's NAME. I think it should have been cald "Advanced Windows for programers"
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Summary: An excellent book for hard-core NT programmers
Review: The only complaint that I have about this book is that it could have been thicker. It covers an enormous array of topics, in depth and detail. The book is not for the meek, but if you've been ladened with the task of creating low-level Win32 apps or libraries, then this book is a grand addition to your library. I don't understand why a plethora of consumer reviews have been negative unless this book simply didn't cover the topic which someone was looking for. One person stated that Appendix B, Message Crackers, had no explanation and no examples. It has both. Are these people with competing books attempting to sully this fine book? It covers threading, thread synchronization, device I/O, even inserting your own dll into completely unrelated process. As I said, the book is thick (1000+ pages), but could have covered still more, such as NT services. But for what it does cover, this book deserves 5 stars.
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Summary: It's excellent!
Review: This book helped me a lot in my first Win32 projects. At that time, I was specialized in DOS and Unix programming (and with some Win16 knowledge from Charles Petzold's Programming windows 3.0). My Win32 projects at that time were multithread Windows NT service. This book let me understand the Win32 in depth but in least time. Check it out if you need to know Win32 process, kernel objects, memory management, threads, synchronization, device I/O, async. file I/O etc... however, you will find this book useless if you are looking for something about UI.
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Summary: Excellent Book--But It's Been Superceded
Review: This book is a fantastic reference for Windows programmers. However, as others below have mentioned, its fourth release is now available under the title "Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows." If you're comfortable with Windows programming and are looking to get into some of the meatier areas, check it out.
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Summary: Excellent Book--But It's Been Superceded
Review: This book is a fantastic reference for Windows programmers. However, as others below have mentioned, its fourth release is now available under the title "Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows." If you're comfortable with Windows programming and are looking to get into some of the meatier areas, check it out.
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Summary: Excellent Book--But It's Been Superceded
Review: This book is a fantastic reference for Windows programmers. However, as others below have mentioned, its fourth release is now available under the title "Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows." If you're comfortable with Windows programming and are looking to get into some of the meatier areas, check it out.
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Summary: One of the Best Book for Windows Programmers
Review: This book is best windows programming book, I have seen so far, which gives insight to Windows OS from a programmer's perspective. I have also read the book by Jefferey Ricter "Windows 3.1 A Developer's Guide". These two books cover a lot of windows internal.
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Summary: The Most useful Windows book I ever read.(Along with Petzold
Review: This is a book written by a person who understands Windows inside out. The author also explains each topic with minimum of code, which makes reading this book a treat. It is not for the weak hearted though (requires a technical orientation of the mind). Probably, the people who give a negetive review to this book do not understand what they read.
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