RE: where to start from

["Daniel White" <dwhite () securecommercesystems com>]

Mohammed- so you can code C++ like a butterfly and sting bugs like a bee :)

 

for KDE user interface development for beginners 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Application-Development-Cameron-Hughes/dp/076454
7402

 

PHP and mYSQL - try this list

 

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cheers

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org [mailto:nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org]
On Behalf Of Kris Katterjohn
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:10 PM
To: nmap-dev () insecure org
Subject: Re: where to start from

 

On 4/3/07, Muhammad Ali <m01ali1985 () yahoo co uk> wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone

> Can anyone help me with the following.

> I want to start development for nmap,basically for learning development in

> linux and c/c++ language. i can program in Java. I downloaded the source
for

> nmap, but i not sure where to start from. I have no idea what are the

> different part of nmap.I could not find a good start guide though.

>

> Can you suggest me any link,book so it can learn and start/learn a bit

> about nmap source code with documentation.

>

> which language nmap is writen in, which IDE can i use or any other tools.

> Thanks

>

 

Most of Nmap is written in C++, with just plain C in portions.

 

On Linux, you need gcc/g++ (well, any C and C++ compilers should work but

these come standard) and libraries (if gcc and g++ are installed, you most

likely have these installed) to make it.  You can view the source code in

any text editor.

 

You can probably type this in without problems:

 

# ./configure && make && make install

 

.. and then Nmap will be made and installed for you!

 

There are many books you can buy (or online tutorials you can read) to learn

about C/C++ programming.  For C, I loved K&R (

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%26R).  I never really got an actual C++ book,

so I can't really recommend one.

 

As far as learning the code, you may just want to start in nmap.cc with the

function nmap_main() and follow it.  When you see something you don't know,

grep the source code and try to find it. If you can't find it, grep in

/usr/include and you'll probably find it there

 

Hopefully somebody else can post up filling in any holes I left :)

 

Thanks,

Kris Katterjohn

 

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