Programming Windows 95

by Charles Petzold

This is the best-known, most widely praised, and most widely used how-to programming book on the planet. It is the one book that no aspiring or experienced developer can afford to be without. Updated for Windows 95, this bestseller is now a 32-bit book with 32-bit programs neatly tucked into a CD. Charles Petzold covers the new Windows 95 concerns such as multithreading, GDI and OLE enhancements, and preemptive multitasking. A guaranteed bestseller. (Operating Systems)

Genres: Programming, Technology, Computers

1100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Charles Petzold has been writing about programming for Windows-based operating systems for 24 years. A Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development and a Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, currently in its sixth edition and one of the best-known programming books of all time; the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software; and more than a dozen other books.

Reviews

[arity · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man, this takes down memory lane! Along with Advanced Windows this one was the most loved non-fiction book of my childhood.

[Lance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Petzold is THE name when it comes to Windows programming tutorials. Almost everyone cites "The Petzold book" as how they started Windows 3.1 programming. This version was updated for Windows95. While I wouldn't recommend it today, I learned more from this book than any other programming book, with the exception of Mastering Turbo Pascal 6

[Guilherme Moreira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic!