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The classic Win32 GDI API isn't the worst thing imaginable. It has been the basis of untold amounts of successful GUI software and it still works, although muc
by topspin 5y ago
The classic Win32 GDI API isn't the worst thing imaginable. It has been the basis of untold amounts of successful GUI software and it still works, although much of the latest capability of Windows is hard to reach using it.
The best GUI development experience I had on Windows aside from that was WTL/ATL. I kept hoping for a long time that this framework would reemerge as a first class GUI platform on Windows. I think Microsoft missed a tremendous opportunity by neglecting it. It actually made writing COM components enjoyable and appealing.