just wondering, which languages/areas of programming shhould i look into if i am interested in doing more work on blackbox?

i have worked with C++ for 2 semesters of college so based on that i am familiar with everything up to stacks/queues/recursion/ binary trees and such

i have done a semester of UNIX/Linux terminal work.

i am currently teaching myself python, which is REALLY fun for some reason and after i finish the book im working with, i plan on looking into tcl/tk

now im not sure what else i need to know to really get to work on plugins and other work with blackbox. im assuming gui work and working directly with windows stuff but im not sure.

so yeah im just looking for any suggestions.

c++/c win32 api

c++ seems to be the usual language that plugins are written in.

check out the bbsdk by grischka

what books/websites should i look into for information on win32 api programming?

also any really good c/C++ books anyone knows of?

im reading "Teach Yourself C++" by Richard Riley.
pretty good, considering it was at the public library.

"The C/C++ Programming Language" (yeah, two different books, with almost completely the same name), written by the authors of the respective languages. Good. Though the C++ one does go into stuff like how locales are handled, which is not particularly necessary, but interesting.
Also there's "Effective / More effective C++" by Meyer Scott.



(Python is a horrible abomination of mankind, by the way.)

http://winprog.org has an awesome tutorial on programming for windows and is great if you have C\C++ background

P.S. Python is awesome!

Me thinks pkt-zer0 just has an aversion to snakes - of any kind

One of these days I'm going to pick up a copy of "The C Programming Language" and see what I can learn. Not that It would do me much good to get it now tho as I have no time to read it...

Personally I liked the books "Thinking in C++" Volume 1 & Volume 2 (available here)

No specific books I can recommend for win32 API.

thx for winprog ill check it out