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Ask HN: Is there anywhere to get help with low level Windows development?
I'm talking mainly things like writing WDK drivers, understand how certain existing OS drivers.
With Linux / BSDs / etc. there are dozens of resources including websites, IRC channels, Discord servers, subreddits, books, etc.
With Windows, however there seems to be the docs on MSDN (pretty complete, but better as a reference than anything) or the MSDN forums which have a terrible UI and vague copy / paste answers along with a handful of outdated internet articles.
I understand that with Windows being proprietary, there is going to be less in depth knowledge, subject experts, and resources, but it's still shocking to me that there aren't even any good WDK books.
- gargarplex 7y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Windows-Kernel-Programming-Pavel-Yosifovich/dp/1977593372/ https://www.amazon.com/Windows-Kernel-Programming-Pavel-Yosi... ?
- non-entity 7y agoJust ordered a copy, sadly it seems it doesn't talk about hardware drivers, but the info should be good in general.
- runjake 7y agoMSDN, Channel 9, MSFT engineering blogs, #win32 and #winprog on EFNet IRC, if they still exist.
- stiglitz 7y agohttps://community.osr.com/ https://community.osr.com/
- watersb 7y agoIs WDF obsolete? There is a book for Driver Foundation development. https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2233336 https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=...