HOW Win32 Apps Are Made in C

VLOG 160 - This is the 3rd instalment of the series where we build the same application on different platforms, using different technologies. Today, we do the toughest one - the Win32 app from scratch in C using just the Windows API.

[eyesyt]

I had spent hours trying to find out what all this stuff was for, and only now that I've seen this am I beginning to understand what's going on. Even long time developers don't seem to know how to explain this well, so it's nice to finally have an explanation.

[oleksijm]

This is awesome. Thank you so much, Jason.

[_r-a-f_]

Clear, logical and to the point! Excellent! Thank you.

[WilliamBrumble]

Thanks for sharing this was really helpful!

[pwlegolas]

Thank you very much. Very helpful and beautifully explained !

[sentdc]

18:51 this part is very wrong. First off input.c_str() returns a constant for a reason. Which means that you can't modify what it returns. That is why you had to explicitly cast it to char*. (In other words, C++ lets you do stupid things.) But most importantly, when you created your input std::string it had size 0. So you can't just pipe an empty string into GetWindowText. What you did there is a buffer overflow. It works because it uses whatever memory was available after your 0-length string was created.

The correct way is to call GetWindowTextLength to get the length of text, then allocate it in std::string and then call GetWindowText on the allocated string as &input[0].

[arthurchia]

This is gold. 🤩
Hate myself did not watch this video earlier.

[antirat]

needed more detailed video of using windows api

[slasankautube]

as a very beginner that was very complicated for me, but you explain it as even i can understand ( not 100% coz im a beginner ) thank you, no matter i couldn't understand 100% but now i know what's really happen under GUI frameworks like winForm, i always feel like when working with winform i have jump to the middle of road and and there is more something before that, now i know what's happening and now i can start with winform mind freely knowing why we use framework. Thank You

[PzMcQunn]

I was reading documentation of what window procedures are and why are they used, and I just couldn't wrap my head around it at all. This video immediately made me understand how it works, windows sends your window a message, you handle that message in the procedure, that's it.

[imxande]

Sometimes I don’t understand what’s the point of Microsoft creating documentation for their win api when one can’t understand half the things they write in the docs lol. I wish they could write documentation as easy as you explained this video thank you 🙏

[atallpa]

Awesome. How i would do if i want to add custom objects to office. For example buttons for activex forms or labels or forms in itslef?

[QueeeeenZ]

Why do the controls (button, text input) have a 90's style?

[theloststarbounder]

How to use visual style on these windows? I remember back in VB6 days there was a manifest file

[ramsey]

You are literally like a teacher i wish i could be your student

[astongoldsmith]

Why you not show how to make Widows app using win32 api without visual studio