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Also Visual C++ and Visual Studio. I worked on desktop software from around 2007-2010, not that long ago; all our software line was built in Visual C++ with MFC

• pjmlp 7y ago
  Not everywhere, I am now back at doing Web related UIs, but have managed to keep doing desktop stuff every now and then. There are domains, like laboratory automation devices in life sciences where browsers are persona non grata in air gaped environments, plus they lack the necessary hardware integration. So between daemon + browser and a proper desktop application, most customers still rather have a nice desktop application.
• FpUser 7y ago
  "It's hard to believe how fast things changed and desktop apps were replaced by web apps.." Mostly business type front ends and it actually mostly makes sense for that purpose. But there are huge areas where browsers play no role.
• ufmace 7y ago
  I worked on Windows desktop apps around the same timeframe, maybe a bit later. IMO, C#/Winforms killed C++/MFC, due to being massively simpler and more productive, without giving up much in the way of performance.