Windows® via C/C++ (softcover) [Paperback]

Jeffrey Richter (Author), Christophe Nasarre (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 22, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0735663777 | ISBN-13: 978-0735663770 | Edition: Fifth Edition

Master the intricacies of application development with unmanaged C++ code—straight from the experts. Jeffrey Richter’s classic book is now fully revised for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. You get in-depth, comprehensive guidance, advanced techniques, and extensive code samples to help you program Windows–based applications.

Discover how to:

• Architect and implement your applications for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
• Create and manipulate processes and jobs
• Schedule, manage, synchronize and destroy threads
• Perform asynchronous and synchronous device I/O operations with the I/O completion port
• Allocate memory using various techniques including virtual memory, memory-mapped files, and heaps
• Manipulate the default committed physical storage of thread stacks
• Build DLLs for delay-loading, API hooking, and process injection
• Using structured exception handling, Windows Error Recovery, and Application Restart services

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jeffrey Richter is a cofounder of Wintellect (www.wintellect.com)-a training, debugging, and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster. He is the author of the previous editions of this book, Windows via C/C++, and several other Windows®-related programming books. Jeffrey has been consulting with the Microsoft® .NET Framework team since October 1999.

Christophe Nasarre works for BusinessObjects, a multinational business-intelligence consultancy and training company that is focused on helping organizations gain better insight into their business through business intelligence solutions. He has worked as a technical editor on numerous Microsoft Press books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 854 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; Fifth Edition edition (September 22, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735663777
• ISBN-13: 978-0735663770
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.7 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > C

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners May 27, 2008

By E. Smith

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I have been programming for over 10 years, but my Windows specific C++ programming is relatively weak due to inexperience with it. Note that if you are in the same boat, you will need additional resources (web based, help files, other books) on top of this book as this book assumes you are already proficient in creating Windows apps.
They make no attempt to tell you otherwise, it is an expert level book - but even if you already know C++ well, there is much Windows specific details that this assumes you know.

Great book and very useful, just not entry level, so know that going in.

32 of 38 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-read book for Windows developer January 9, 2008

By Vyacheslav Lanovets

Format:Hardcover

I like 5th edition of this famous book. They returned I/O part that was not present in the 4th edition. The book has all updates for Windows Vista new API features. This book is worth reading even for advanced developers.

What I don't like about this book is its size: because of thick paper the book is huge and it is hard to carry it around. Unfortunately, all Microsoft Press books suffer from this.

Also the book is missing information about in what version of Windows different API first appeared. Now the book says most of the time that API is supported on Windows Vista. I would also like to see it directly in the book whether the function is supported in Windows CE.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent foundation February 8, 2008

By Yvonne Eu

Format:Hardcover

I'm a beginner in Windows programming and I'm glad I've found this book. I like how it focuses on "whys" and the correct usage of the described system elements. The authors also give enough details about specific APIs so, if reading for an intro, it's possible to follow without having MSDN handy. The code samples are very helpful, especially the mini-applications. The book doesn't concentrate on diagnostics/debugging though, you'd need some other volume for that.