What you need for this book

First of all, you need to download Visual Studio on your computer. I suggest you download and install Express for Desktop, which is free, and is available at https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx.

Then, there are two ways to install Small Windows:

1. If you want to follow the chapter structure of this book you can download it from https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Cpp-Windows-Programming. It is made up by a set of Visual Studio projects holding the applications of this book.
2. If you want all the code in one Visual Studio solution you can download the C++ Windows Programming solution in the Cpp Windows Programming file.
3. If you want to write code with Small Windows on your own, you can download the Empty project in the Empty Project file. It is an application holding only the Small Windows source code with a very simple application. You can change the name of the project and add your own application-specific code.