C++ Windows Programming?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by ay2b

My recommendation is to first learn the language, and then learn how to add a GUI.

I'm going to speak out against that recommendation.

A good GUI really wants to have the program written around it, rather than putting a GUI on top of a program. The event-driven model adopted by most GUI frameworks is something that needs to be considered from the beginning. If the goal is to write fully-functional and easy-to-use Windows applications, I would suggest starting with the GUI features right away, incorporating the necessary programming idioms and following high-level examples. Once the basic shape of the framework is known and mostly understood, then the task of closely studying the language in context can be fruitful.