Introduction
Minimalist GNU for Windows (mingw) is a native software port of the GNU tool chain for
Microsoft Windows operating system. The base components of mingw software are compiler,
Linker, and author er. This minimal tool set is enough to start developing applications.
Mingw contains some service utilities to make the developing process more effective:
GNU make
GNU Debugger (GDB)
GNU profiler
Ø compiler for Windows resource files
Header files and libraries for Windows API
Collection of archives and packers
Installation and
Http://nuwen.net/mingw.html
Http://www.mingw.org
Http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net
Http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net
Reference Site and Community
Mingw official sites
V homepage: http://www.mingw.org
V manuals: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/HOWTO
V wiki: http://www.mingw.org/wiki
V source code and binary files: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW
V available mailing lists: http://www.mingw.org/lists.shtml
MinGW-w64 official sites
V homepage: http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net
V wiki: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64
V source code and binary files: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files
V discussion forum: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/forums/forum/723797
V public support mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
V Support IRC channel: IRC: // irc.oftc.net/?mingw-w64
GNU Compiler Collection official sites
V homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org
V manual and documentation: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs
V wiki: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki
V available mailing lists: http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.htm
GNU Debugger official sites
V homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb
V manual and documentation: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation
V wiki: http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki
V available mailing lists: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/mailing-lists
GNU make official sites
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/make
Manual and documentation: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/index.html
Mailing lists: "> <bug-make@gnu.org>;">
Articles and tutorials
V http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/old/texinfo/as/gprof.html: This is a detailed article about GPROF profiler usage
V http://www.cs.colby.edu/maxwell/courses/tutorials/maketutor: this is quite simple and demonstrative tutorial on GNU make Utility
V http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html: You will find detailed information about mingw C ++ Compiler Optimization capabilities
V http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Standards.html: you can find information about Compiler's supporting standards
Community
V largest Free and Open Source-focused IRC network: http://freenode.net
V unofficial distributions: http://nuwen.net/mingw.html; http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net
V Several mingw developers sites: http://www.willus.com/mingw/colinp; http://www.megacz.com; http://rmathew.com
Twitter
V packt publishing: https://twitter.com/packtopensource