Posts Tagged ‘windows programming’

Is it required to know windows programming before one can begin game programming with DirectX?

I’ve seen some code written for Windows-based applications, and it is very different from what I’ve learned in C++ textbooks. I guess windows programming itself is very different from console applications.

Anyway, I want to get up to speed with DirectX, but I am not familiar with windows programming. Do I need to learn windows programming before I can even attempt to work with DirectX?

I am looking for the best programming language/toolkit combination for windows GUI programming. The applications would be educational programs displaying text, graphics, sounds and perhaps video files while monitoring student inputs to determing progress and when additional help is needed. Free and/or open source software is prefered, but commercial tools are an option as well. Speed of development and ease of learning the tools are considerations. Thanks!

I am interested in learning how to program for the iPhone. What would be the Windows language that most closely resembles the iPhone programming language. I would like to write for both Windows machines and iPhones without having to re-learn an entire programming language.