Links to Developer Sites
Here are links to some of the most useful sites on the web
for programmers. Each site in turn may have its own links to further sites.
| www.mvps.org |
The (unofficial) home site for the MVP
program. Authored by Felix Kasza, this site contains Win32 systems programming
information, and links to many other MVP-run sites. Also contains the MVP
FAQ. |
| codeguru |
Taking off where the Microsoft Foundation
Classes end, this site makes many useful classes available for download.
Unfortunately although there's a lot of stuff on here it's often rather
difficult to find what you want, so I suggest you go to.... |
| www.codeproject.com |
...The new site from the folks who
used to run CodeGuru, before it got sold. Much easier to navigate than
codeguru. |
| Joe
Newcomer's site |
Joe Newcomer's
site. Joe is a fellow MVP who has a lot of helpful tips on his site,
generally in the form of longer articles than you'll find here. |
| www.sysinternals.com |
The site formerly known as NTinternals, this
provides information and utilities for people who work with NT at the nuts and bolts
level. |
| Mike
Blaszczak's Page |
Mikes home site includes sample code that
shows how to stop your app appearing on the taskbar - look for the "stealth"
sample. |
| Andrew
Tucker's Page |
Some of the most useful things
developed since the toothbrush can be found here. |
| www.codejock.com |
More classes. |
| www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/ |
Web FAQ : Damned useful if you
do any web work. |
| P.J.Naughter's Site |
A handy site for MFC classes
and tips. |
| InsaneGenius
Library |
A general purpose Public Domain C++ Win32
programming library (author retains copyright, naturally). Useful classes
for stuff like IOCP sockets, exceptions, threads, logging, COM, ADO
etc. |
| Winsock
FAQ |
The Winsock programmer's FAQ.
Includes non-MFC socket sample code. |
General Interest
| Joel on Software |
A good programming management
site with some outstanding articles. Read the one on recruitment if you
read nothing else on here. Beware, Joel can be just a tad opinionated. Yes, even
more so than me :-). |
| Paul
Graham |
There is some truly
fascinating writing on this eclectic site, by a philosopher turned
programmer. |
| Coding Horror |
Jeff Atwood's eclectic little
coding site. Just about any topic can turn up here. |
Commercial Sites
These guys will help, but at a price. Inclusion
here does not necessarily constitute a recommendation.
| www.bluewatersystems.com |
Want to access hardware under NT but don't
want to write a driver ? See these folks. |
| Northwood
Software |
GO++ diagramming library,
Sanscript visual scripting tool |
| Stingray
Software |
Various MFC extension classes |
| Dundas Software |
Various MFC extension classes |
| DevExpress |
Grids, treelists, fancy toolbars et al. I've
used the Delphi VCL versions of the DevExpress components, and they're
pretty good. They also sell ActiveX
and .Net versions. |