From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 17 00:03:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05EA816A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:03:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nic.ach.sch.gr (nic.sch.gr [194.63.238.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813E743D58 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:03:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (qmail 13137 invoked by uid 207); 17 Oct 2004 00:03:36 -0000 Received: from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr by nic by uid 201 with qmail-scanner-1.21 (sophie: 3.04/2.19/3.81. Clear:RC:1(81.186.70.214):. Processed in 6.376696 secs); 17 Oct 2004 00:03:36 -0000 Received: from dialup214.ach.sch.gr (HELO gothmog.gr) ([81.186.70.214]) (envelope-sender ) by nic.sch.gr (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 17 Oct 2004 00:03:30 -0000 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9H02icV000912; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 03:02:44 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9H02EC8000906; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 03:02:14 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 03:02:14 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Spiral Eyed Girl Message-ID: <20041017000213.GA668@gothmog.gr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Development Resources X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:03:41 -0000 On 2004-10-16 14:25, Spiral Eyed Girl wrote: > Hello, > > After looking at the FreeBSD website and looking at docs all over the > place, I havent found what I'm looking for, so I decided to mail this list. > > I am a software developer for Windows, and moving to FreeBSD has been very > nice, especially since the tools to make software are completly free! My > question is: Where can I find information on programming for FreeBSD? > Things like how it differs from Windows, what it can and can't do, how to > develop for X/KDE. I am good with C and C++, and know my way around > gcc/make, but I don't know about system and 'net API calls that are > specific to FreeBSD, and *NIX in general. Look at the bibliography section of the FreeBSD Handbook for interesting books. Out of the top of my head, you should try to get yourself a copy of at least the following: a. ``The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System'', by Marshall Kirk McKusick. b. ``The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System'', by Marshall Kirk McKusick. c. ``UNIX Network Programming'' by Richard W. Stevens. d. ``TCP/IP Illustrated'' by Richard W. Stevens, Volumes I & II. These might amount to a large sum of money, so you might want to explore the manpages and online docs at www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html first & experiment a bit with an installed FreeBSD system to see if you can find something interesting. Finally, a great source of knowledge about the way FreeBSD works is the source itself. I still can't believe all the stuff I've learned by reading parts of the source tree during the past 4-5 years, and I have *so* *much* more to learn... - Giorgos