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Charles Petzold

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Charles Petzold with his Windows tattoo

Charles Petzold (born February 2, 1953, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American programmer and technical author on Microsoft Windows applications.

He graduated with a Master of Science in Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1975. Aside from writing books about Windows programming he has contributed to various magazines about computers.

Bibliography

  • .NET Book Zero (free download)
  • Applications = Code+Markup
  • Programming Microsoft Windows Forms
  • Programming in the Key of C#
  • Programming Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
  • Programming Microsoft Windows with C#
  • Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
  • Programming Windows, Fifth Edition

Out-of-Print Books

  • Programming Windows, 4th edition
  • OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming
  • Programming Windows, 3rd edition
  • Programming Windows, 2nd edition.
  • Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager
  • Programming Windows, 1st edition

Misc

  • Petzold has a tattoo of the Microsoft Windows logo on his arm.
  • His surname is pronounced the same way you would pronounce "pet's old".