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Author: Jeffrey Richter
ISBN : 0735663777
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Master the intricacies of application development with unmanaged C++ code—straight from the experts. Jeffrey Richter’s classic book is now fully revised for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. You get in-depth, comprehensive guidance, advanced techniques, and extensive code samples to help you program Windows–based applications.
Discover how to:
- Architect and implement your applications for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
- Create and manipulate processes and jobs
- Schedule, manage, synchronize and destroy threads
- Perform asynchronous and synchronous device I/O operations with the I/O completion port
- Allocate memory using various techniques including virtual memory, memory-mapped files, and heaps
- Manipulate the default committed physical storage of thread stacks
- Build DLLs for delay-loading, API hooking, and process injection
- Using structured exception handling, Windows Error Recovery, and Application Restart services
Direct download links available for Free Windows via C/C++ (softcover) [Paperback]
- Paperback: 854 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press; Fifth Edition edition (September 22, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0735663777
- ISBN-13: 978-0735663770
- Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 7.2 x 8.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Free Windows via C/C++
I will admit right away that I am probably not the target audience for this book, because I am not a professional Windows programmer. However, I am very interested in learning how Windows works, and Windows via C/C++, 5th Ed (WVCP5E) is one of the books that will help develop that expertise. Had I not also read Windows System Programming, 4th Ed (WSP4E) by Hart, I would have given WVCP5E 5 stars. Both are strong books, but WSP4E received 5 stars in a separate review. Still, I very strongly believe that WVCP5E by Richter and Nasarre is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about Windows applications.
From the start readers should appreciate several aspects of WVCP5E. First, the book addresses 64 bit programming. This is a requirement for modern environments, so it was nice to see a book aimed at Windows Vista including 64 bit topics. Second, the authors repeatedly discuss various security aspects of Windows and programming. As a security professional, I found this to be very encouraging and enlightening. Third, the authors are very candid, which adds to their credibility. For example, in Ch 3 when discussing a process' kernel object handle table, they write "I will not get all the details completely correct" because the subject is undocumented! (Somehow I think they covered the topic correctly!)
I thought the presentation of the book contributed to the learning process. One example appears in Ch 9, where Figure 9-3 (Kernel Objects and Threat Synchronization) on p 276 uses a comparative approach to make the authors' point. The authors frequently supply historical context for Microsoft decisions, including commentary on Microsoft practices. I liked the comment on Alertable I/O on p 315, where they write the feature "is horrible and should be avoided.
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