Microsoft Windows related programming tools, tutorials and techniques

• Tutorials
• COM, OLE, and ActiveX
• Programming links collections
• Windows network programming techniques
• Using Cygwin/MingW for Windows development
• Useful utilities for programming and system monitoring

• Windows API Tutorial from Reliable Software has a nice selection of tutorial topics including basic "Hello World" through OLE and Direct Draw
• Win32 Tips, Tricks and Tutorials No MFC, No VB - pure Win32 C/C++ !!! is an excellent tutorial collection on catch22.net; incidentally, this page structures its tutorial around the need for a nice text editor suited for large files, so it includes this page which contains some excellent links on data structures and other implementation issues related to text editors; this alone is worth the visit...

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• Component Object Model definitions at allexperts.com
• Introduction to COM - What It Is and How to Use It
• COM in plain C
• Transparent Flash Control in plain C++

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• The Code Project is "Your Visual Studio and .NET Homepage"...in spite of hokey moniker, this is a very useful and wide-ranging programmer's site, made by some pretty smart cats...
• Windows programming links from Oasis Windows Programming (dead parent link..)
• codersource.net has some very useful content, topics, and tutorials....

Windows Network programming techniques and tips

• WinSock programming FAQ
• Socket programming example in straight Win32 (no MFC)

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• MinGW is Minimalist GNU for Windows, a collection of freely available and freely distributable Windows specific header files and import libraries combined with GNU toolsets that allow one to produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any 3rd-party C runtime DLLs.
• Documentation for MinGW includes an intro section on how to generate Win32 binaries` (console and GUI) and DLL's using gcc
• MinGW Starter Guide An excellant primer for getting up and running with MinGW (with an emphasis on graphics/game development). Covers some popular and useful external libraries and IDE's that work with MinGW.
• Building Win32 applications with GNU-C/C++ and RSXNT

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• SysInternals.com, now a Microsoft site