Learn programming in windows from 98 or windows 7

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I am just starting with programming computers,should i start with Windows 98API or windows 7's.

Posted 5-Jun-11 6:25am

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Dan Suthar · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-05T07:45:00

Solution 1

If you are on just "programming" the it would be same conceptually, just they differ by platforms. So win98 seems old and windows7 rules by .net, wpf etc what you see. But begin with solid fundamentals.

Posted 5-Jun-11 7:45am

Dan Suthar

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Jun-11 15:16pm

Agree, my 5. but as to Win98, it's more to it.
Please see my answer.
--SA

hamidszaidii 6-Jun-11 2:40am

i have little experience with c# so should i focus on windows7 as platform to learn.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Jun-11 11:50am

You should use any of the NT-based platforms I mentioned in my answer (including Windows 7) and ***not focus*** on the platform-specific aspects.
Right, Dan?
--SA

Dan Suthar 6-Jun-11 12:33pm

ya perfectly.. That don't even make sense at early stage. later on you can choose a platform of your preference

Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-05T07:52:00

Solution 2

You should not start with either. You should start with a programming language before worrying about which version of the operating system you are going to work on. If you are primarily interested in Windows programming then I would suggest you learn C# first and move on to more advance concepts from there. This link[^] offers a great introduction to the C# language and .NET for Windows.

Posted 5-Jun-11 7:52am

Richard MacCutchan

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Jun-11 15:16pm

Not quite agree, Windows 98 will be a huge waste of time.
Please see my answer.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Jun-11 2:48am

Anyway, my 5 for the answer.
--SA

Kim Togo 6-Jun-11 13:02pm

Good advice Richard, my 5.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-05T09:15:00

Start with Window 7. You can also start with XP or Windows 2000, not earlier version. Avoid majorly failed Windows Vista.

Windows 98 presents no interest, even low historical interest. It was the time of overcoming a big crisis in programming after the software was dominated by so called real mode of Intel processors while hardware presented a fully fledged protected mode and paging, the only architecture really suitable for virtual memory. Windows 95 was the first system using 32-bit protected mode, but still combining it with real mode legacy and really unsafe. Windows 98 was insignificant step forward. You don't want all this nightmare. Also, don't even play with the idea of using Windows ME. Any Windows not using NT architecture (New Technology) does not worth any attention.

—SA