Getting Started Help

Jan 22, 2013 at 6:40am
Ok, so first and foremost I'd like to say I know of the following resources:
http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663266(v=vs.85).aspx

but I would like to know what books people would recommend for me. I am looking for resources and stuff beyond GUI although GUI is one of my big priorities. I've seen people recommend the pretzol book but it seems really outdated with windows 8 out and everything. I want to work with windows 7 and transfer to windows 8 if the os sticks.
As for those who would recommend C# that is my next goal but I would still like to learn windows programming with C++.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Jan 23, 2013 at 12:01am
Petzold wrote 6th edition of his book to cover Windows 8 (in C#). The fifth edition may be outdated, but so is native WinApi, which have sustained it's form since the mid 90's. The recomendation for that book stands.
Last edited on Jan 23, 2013 at 12:04am
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