Windows System Programming

Introducing the Microsoft Windows Application Programming Interface (API), this guide describes the central features of the most important functions required in a single- threaded application, process and thread management, and finally, network programming in a multithreaded environment. It assumes a familiarity with C programming and may be particularly useful to Unix experts. The third edition covers Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, and adds a chapter on synchronization performance impact. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Johnson M. Hart is a consultant specializing in Microsoft Windows and .NET application development, open systems computing, technical training and writing, and software engineering. He has more than twenty-five years of experience as a software engineer, manager, engineering director, and senior technology consultant at Cilk Arts, Inc., Sierra Atlantic, Hewlett-Packard, and Apollo Computer. He served as computer science professor at the University of Kentucky for nine years, and has authored all four editions of Windows System Programming.