Related Windows Developer Web Sites

This topic provides websites where you can find guidance, tools, and other resources to help you develop Windows applications. It also describes the types of resources that are found on each site.

Developer Centers

• DirectX
  

  Tutorials, videos, articles, code samples, virtual labs, webcasts, product gallery, and books to help you build applications using the Visual Studio development environment.

• Go Global
  

  Product documentation, tools, articles, tutorials, and code samples for making your application world-ready.

• Internet Explorer
  

  News, videos, technical articles, books, and community connections to help you leverage the best of IE.

• .NET Framework
  

  Tools, overviews, and other learning materials to help you get started with .NET Framework technologies.

• Visual C++
  

  A wide variety of learning materials about the C++ language, tools, and libraries.

• Windows Client.NET
  

  News, tutorials, books, videos, and community connections to help you get started with Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Forms.

• Windows Hardware Development
  

  Kits, tools, articles, and community connections for system designers, driver developers, and test engineers.

• Windows Live
  

  Kits, documentation, and community connections to help you get started with Live Services.

• Xbox Development
  

  Tools and kits for games developers.

Other Sites

• Application Compatibility
  

  Guidance and tools to help identify and address compatibility issues.

• Channel 9
  

  Video discussions with Windows product team members and online training on the latest Windows features.

• Code Gallery
  

  Code samples and snippets.

• CodePlex
  

  Microsoft’s open source project-hosting site.

• MSDN Home
  

  Access to Microsoft developer resources and community connections.

• MSDN Magazine
  

  In-depth technical articles.

Development Tools

• Visual Studio
  

  Tutorials, videos, articles, code samples, virtual labs, webcasts, product gallery, and books to help you build applications using the Visual Studio development environment.

• Windows SDK
  

  Headers, libraries, tools, documentation, and samples to help you build Windows applications using managed or native Windows technologies.