Hi,

I am new to this domain.

What's exactly is "Microsoft SDK".

Have a bit of knowledge of Visual Studio.
Its the Windows compiler, now how does SDK fit into the picture.

Thanksread this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Platform_SDKThanks,

Will get back after reading.Back,

It might be simple for other people, but since i am not from programming background its giving me some trouble.

Its sounds similar to Visual Studio, then how do i differentiate between them.

ThanksYou can't compare Visual Studio and the Microsoft Platform SDK. VS is an IDE and the second is a SDK.
So you will usually still need an IDE like VS if you want to CREATE programs using the Microsoft Platform SDK. Thanks,

Things look like to getting in place,

Just correct me if i am wrong.

IDE (VS) CONTAINS the compiler and you can't get AHEAD without it.

SDK on the other hand is required only when you need to complex programming pertaining to a particular system, as it contains API's and binaries pertaining to that type of system.Almost correct.
A SDK can contain a compiler and an IDE doesn't always have a compiler.
Visual studio have the compiler necessary for working with the Microsoft SDK, but the SDK also contains a compiler (in case you're working with an IDE that doesn't have it.)

If we were talking about Java, the IDEs you would usually work with like Netbeans or Eclipse, don't have a compiler but rely on you installing the SDK from SUN.

So an SDK is a collection of APIs, (often) a compiler, debugging tools and miscellaneous tools.

The IDE gives you a development environment with a editor that knows the syntax of the language you're working with, integrated debugging tools, (SOMETIMES) a compiler, tools that ease compiling, etc.Wow,

That was it.

Thanks for that majestic explanation.