First of all before he learn things the wrong way (vb culture when one
think he programs wounderfully for windows but have no idea about what
is a window message, a dll, a handle or a thread), he MUST read the
programming windows 5th edition, by Charles Petzold, available in pdf
and chm formats in the internet and possibly online in microsoft
press. He will learn what is going on before he chooses a "more
productive" language, although I have seen faster but not more
powerfull languages than C when it comes to windows or *nix
programming.
After he knows what is going on he can learn new technologies such as
vb, c# or even the MS c++ libraries and extensions, deppending on
what he will work with.
hth
Marlon
2008/4/3, Chris Hofstader <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
Bookshare.org definitely has books on getting started in Windows
programming.
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis
Brown
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:50 AM
To: ProgrammingBlind
Subject: Windows Programming
Hi,
I got a call from a rehab agency yesterday. They have a former
programmer
that worked totally in MS DOS, using Turbo C, then was shot in the face
in a
bar fight about 15 years ago.
He lost his eyesight, but gave up programming for the entire 15 years,
and
now wants to get back into it.
He doesn't know squat about Windows development, dll, threads,
messages, and
such, but does have a grasp on event-driven operating systems.
They asked if I could recommend a blind programmer's starter kit for
Windows
development, including a basic tutorial on developing Windows-based
application, from a novice viewpoint.
Anyone know any accessible textbooks that give the basics of
programming
applications under the Windows operating system? They want something
that
gives the basics on blls files, threads, messages, events, etc.
Would Safari, or Bookshare have some text along these lines?
Obviously, he already has the C language down, but not C plus plus, or
Visual Studio, or Visual Basic.
Any online sites that would explain the fundamentals of Windows
development
to this pair?
Thanks,
Dennis Brown
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