Starting out in pocket PC development.

Hi all,

I am just starting out in developing for the pocket PC and wondered if
someone could point me in the right direction.

I'm going the eVC++ route. I'm in the process of learning C++ and then
I need to get into the windows aspects, this is where I get a bit
lost. I believe that I need to get my head around the MFC, but is
there anything else that I should be looking at?.

Can anybody recomend any good books or, prefereably, websites where I
can learn the windows side of the process?.

Thanks in advance.

Jon

Ginny
Wed Aug 20 17:50:30 CDT 2003

Jon,

I can definitely recommend Doug Bolling's Programming Windows CE as the classic
reference for eVC++ programmers. It covers all the basics except MFC. I learned
MFC programming from a little book by Deitel and Deitel which I think is now out
of date, but any book on MFC would give you what you need. I'd suggest just
starting with the wizards and the forms editor in eVC++. Then use the help file
to look up what you need as you need it. Learning a new technology can seem
daunting when you're just starting out, but you don't have to know all of it on
day one.
--
Ginny Caughey
Windows Embedded MVP

"Jon Tucker" <jon@i2me.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I am just starting out in developing for the pocket PC and wondered if
> someone could point me in the right direction.
>
> I'm going the eVC++ route. I'm in the process of learning C++ and then
> I need to get into the windows aspects, this is where I get a bit
> lost. I believe that I need to get my head around the MFC, but is
> there anything else that I should be looking at?.
>
> Can anybody recomend any good books or, prefereably, websites where I
> can learn the windows side of the process?.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jon

jon
Thu Aug 21 12:30:45 CDT 2003

Thanks for the reply, I've ordered the Bolling book. Appropriate
websites seem to be a bit of a rarity on this subject though.


"Ginny Caughey [MVP]" <ginny.caughey@wasteworks.com> wrote in message news:<ey8vx12ZDHA.2476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> Jon,
>
> I can definitely recommend Doug Bolling's Programming Windows CE as the classic
> reference for eVC++ programmers. It covers all the basics except MFC. I learned
> MFC programming from a little book by Deitel and Deitel which I think is now out
> of date, but any book on MFC would give you what you need. I'd suggest just
> starting with the wizards and the forms editor in eVC++. Then use the help file
> to look up what you need as you need it. Learning a new technology can seem
> daunting when you're just starting out, but you don't have to know all of it on
> day one.
> --

Chris
Thu Aug 21 13:08:18 CDT 2003

I suggest *not* getting your head around MFC. It's probably a subject that
for new development you should avoid.

--
Chris Tacke, eMVP
Advisory Board Member
www.OpenNETCF.org
---
Windows CE Product Manager
Applied Data Systems
www.applieddata.net


"Jon Tucker" <jon@i2me.net> wrote in message
news:775b6507.0308201120.3aa0cc1c@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I am just starting out in developing for the pocket PC and wondered if
> someone could point me in the right direction.
>
> I'm going the eVC++ route. I'm in the process of learning C++ and then
> I need to get into the windows aspects, this is where I get a bit
> lost. I believe that I need to get my head around the MFC, but is
> there anything else that I should be looking at?.
>
> Can anybody recomend any good books or, prefereably, websites where I
> can learn the windows side of the process?.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jon

Ginny
Fri Aug 22 07:28:52 CDT 2003

Sergei,

If you're looking for easy GUI development, I'd recommend looking at the .Net
compact framework and C#. But if you want to do C++/MFC development, you
certainly have that option. I have switched from C++/MFC to C#/.NetCF for new
development myself, but C++/MFC is still an option if that meets your needs.
--
Ginny Caughey
Windows Embedded MVP

"Sergei V." <sv@i_a_e.nsk.su> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris Tacke, eMVP" <ctacke@spamfree-opennetcf.org> wrote :
> > I suggest *not* getting your head around MFC. It's probably a subject
> that
> > for new development you should avoid.
>
> Chris, could you please also suggest what to "do" in your opinon - around
> what to get the head?
>
>

Chris
Fri Aug 22 08:31:27 CDT 2003

C++ is great for many things, so if you want to go that route, go for it. I
would just advise steering away from MFC unless you'll have to maintain MFC
code. The only reason to use MFC is for more productive UI development, and
for that I would recommend C# or VB.NET.

--
Chris Tacke, eMVP
Advisory Board Member
www.OpenNETCF.org
---
Windows CE Product Manager
Applied Data Systems
www.applieddata.net


"Sergei V." <sv@i_a_e.nsk.su> wrote in message
news:uoQyQ$EaDHA.1004@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
> "Chris Tacke, eMVP" <ctacke@spamfree-opennetcf.org> wrote :
> > I suggest *not* getting your head around MFC. It's probably a subject
> that
> > for new development you should avoid.
>
> Chris, could you please also suggest what to "do" in your opinon - around
> what to get the head?
>
>