Charles Petzold's New Book Is In The System!

The book is not yet published, that's true. I posted only a pre-order link on Amazon. But as a reader to the book's blog it seems that the work is almost over.

About Windows Programming, let's say that it was the first real programming book that I read and through it's well chosen samples that just worked and technology insight I realized my first computer programs on Windows.

I'm not saying that it has any influences on my programming style or anything, not being a programming engineering book, but it was a great starter, and made my life a lot easier. I recommend it to everybody, although it may be outdated at this time.

This post is a mere homage to Petzold's work, and it came from a feeling of joy of seeing the man about to finish a new book.

Even though I'm sensing a bit of disapproval from your side, I'll stick to my opinion.

Best,
Cristi

Cristi,

My apologies, it was not my intention to express disapproval. I did not communicate well. My comment about the book's availability was mostly intended to clear up potential confusion for readers since your post referred to the book as having been "publishe." I have never read Petzold and was genuinely interested in hearing more about why you liked his work so much--just trying to expand the discussion. I appreciate your response to my question. I was particularly interested in learning whether Petzold made programming style and general technique part of his Windows-specific subject matter, and you've answered that.

Since reading your original post and have been reading Petzold's blog. He is deep into the XAML! This is an area I have not explored at all yet, but it looks interesting.

Best,
Dan

Dan,

No apologies needed, it was just something that I have sensed reading subtext. You cleared that suspicion away now.

And you're right, I wrote that the book has been just published at the beginning of the post. My apologies here, for misleading.

I replaced the text with has been just reelased.

Best,
Cristi