FreeWinSDK - An Open Project

First, the necessary evil:

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About this SDK

Programming in Windows has been a rather difficult task. First, you need a suitable compiler (until recently, most were commercial) and secondly you need documentation. The documentation is probably the biggest problem these days, after the arrival of Mingw32, CygWin and RSXNTDJ.

Microsoft does seem to provide documentation on the various Windows APIs and the various techniques used when programming for a Windows environment, but it's never been terribly good (click here for specific problems)

The primary reason for me creating this SDK is to create a thoroughly documented set of utilities and a good documentation set necessary for writing Windows programs.

Of course, I'm willing to accept any help I can get! My idea is to make this an "Open" project, in a similar vein to many other such projects which have sprung up in many places around the world. So, if you've got a suggestion or appropriate article, please consider letting me review it for inclusion!

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