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It is such a pain to write Win32 code that you didn't have time to add all the features that would slow down program launch.
by 762236 3y ago
It is such a pain to write Win32 code that you didn't have time to add all the features that would slow down program launch.
- sidewndr46 3y agoAs cynical as this comment may be, there may be an element of truth to it. If it is time consuming to add a bunch of visual effects and transitions, you aren't likely to spend time doing that if you could instead be adding useful features.
- kaba0 3y agoMost software is not developed by a single person and adding animations have very little overlap with most functionality, so it is almost completely parallelizable.
- pkphilip 3y agoI know you probably meant it in jest but as someone who wrote a bunch of desktop apps at one time, it was actually easier to develop desktop apps in tools like Delphi in the 1990s than it is to develop apps now.
- matwood 3y agoFor me, VB6 was the pinnacle of Windows desktop app development. When I first starting building web sites/apps it was such a huge step backwards.
- javajosh 3y agoIt was/is a huge step backwards in terms of DX, but an infinite step forward for distribution. Distribution is the ONLY problem, which is why the shift happened.
- matwood 3y agoAbsolutely, which is why I (we all really) put up with the mess that is/was web development.
- pcdoodle 3y agoTry Xojo Web, pretty neat tool with VB like web builder.
- mike_hearn 3y agoBut, Delphi existed mostly because of the terrible default Microsoft DX. Writing pure Win32 was indeed pretty awful (and still is).