Re: Book "Programming on Win32" still useful?

From: John J. Lee (jjl_at_pobox.com)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: 22 Apr 2004 23:30:09 +0100

"drs" <drs@remove-to-send-mail-ecpsoftware.com> writes:

> "Piet" <pit.grinja@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:39cbe663.0404192259.3e105972@posting.google.com...
[...]
> > still a good buy? I think it will surely be enough to get the basics,
> > but what if I want more?
>
> It is still very useful. While Python has changed, the parts that are
> covered in the book have not changed that much. Further, aside from .NET,
> win32 is about the same -- particularly since you are using the version of
> windows that was current when the book was published.

New stuff not in the book: ctypes is very much worth looking at;
IronPython and other .NET efforts are worth keeping an eye on, at
least.

John

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