C developer transition to Windows?

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Friends, hello! The authorities gave the task of writing one software for windows. You will have to write both software and drivers, you need to write in C + asm. I have never used this OS, so a couple of questions for you. How are things going with development in C in windows? What IDE do you recommend, and what is no less important, why I actually write - which compiler. I heard there is a port of gcc -MinGW. Is it a normal project? dug forums, some say that it doesn’t support it well, others say that it’s too difficult. In general, please advise the C development kit for windows. You need a sane IDE (not necessarily very functional and convenient), a compiler and some ring3 and ring0 debuggers.

Answer 1

I'm working in MS Visual Studio 2008. A minimum of brakes and frills, everything has been debugged for a long time and works. You have to get used to it, yes. Another problem is to understand the meaning of some project settings. Then everything is like clockwork.
Drivers for Windows can be made both in VS and in notepad by compiling through the Driver Development Kit. Debugging ring0 - there is WinDbg, throw the console on a debugging computer or a virtual machine and go. Breakpoints, memory dump, symbols - everything is there. You can screw Visual Studio and debug it step by step like a regular program. The description on MSDN is very detailed, all the necessary kernel functions and more are available.