rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy) (06/19/91)
What is the most cost effective way to break into Windows programming? The little intelligence I have gathered over a brief period of time suggest the following alternatives: 1. MSC 6.0 + SDK 2. Borland C++ 3. Actor and perhaps WRT I think I've listed the options in order of declining cost. I got a mailing from Whitewater today offering Actor for $99 and WRT for $119. Will I, as an experienced C programmer with keen interest but no real experience in OOD, like these tools? Or will I get a better choice of both the traditional and OOD paradigms from Borland C++? Does Borland C++ offer the same WRT as Whitewater has offered to sell me? If so, upgrading from Turbo C 2.0 for $99 looks like a big win. Does the SDK give me capabilities that neither Borland nor Whitewater do? Sorry if this has been beaten around before but my interest in this group is very recent. Roger Levy rl@groucho.att.com
coates@uc780.umd.edu (06/19/91)
In a previous article, rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy) wrote: >What is the most cost effective way to break into Windows programming? >The little intelligence I have gathered over a brief period of time >suggest the following alternatives: > 1. MSC 6.0 + SDK > 2. Borland C++ > 3. Actor and perhaps WRT >I think I've listed the options in order of declining cost. I got a >mailing from Whitewater today offering Actor for $99 and WRT for $119. >Will I, as an experienced C programmer with keen interest but no real >experience in OOD, like these tools? Or will I get a better choice >of both the traditional and OOD paradigms from Borland C++? Does >Borland C++ offer the same WRT as Whitewater has offered to sell me? >If so, upgrading from Turbo C 2.0 for $99 looks like a big win. Does >the SDK give me capabilities that neither Borland nor Whitewater do? >Sorry if this has been beaten around before but my interest in this >group is very recent. > >Roger Levy >rl@groucho.att.com There is a message in this forum which addresses the most frequently asked questions by newcomers to Windows programming with a title to the effect of "Most Frequently Asked Qyestions". It may be of help to you in getting started. As an experienced C programmer why mess around with something like Actor OO langauge, especially when C and its cousin C++ are more than adequate to the task of programming Windows? You will love BC++ because it's C with Windows in a powerful, efficient package with excellent to very good documentation. The real creme de la creme of the package is C++. It is vastly easier to do Windows in C++ than in C, once you've masterd C++. C++ is just the thing you need to shake you out of C complacency and develop a most effective programming tool for you to change the world with. Happy Computing! ************************************************************************** * Elliott Coates, washington dc * * coates@uc780.umd.edu * * coates@uc780.bitnet * **************************************************************************