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Simple Windows Development Tools?

Posted by Cliff on from the no-bloated-IDEs-please dept.

fwc asks: "Over the past few years, I've been fortunate to be able to avoid writing a Windows GUI application, however this good luck is coming to an end. In the next few weeks, I need to write a fairly simple application which will need to display data received from a serial port in a decoded (and graphical) form via a Windows GUI. Unfortunately, my skills in this area are out of date, since I haven't written any GUI apps for close to 10 years. Because this program needs to be fairly small and easy to install, the use of Perl/tk isn't a valid option. What options do I have to build a small application on Windows, without a large learning curve?"

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  1. You meant... by hummassa · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you want the power of RAD and the ease of C/C++ I'd suggest you...
    You meant the ease of RAD and the power of C/C++, didn't you?

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    1. Re:You meant... by heinousjay · · Score: 3, Funny

      It may have been a Freudian slip, but I'd have to say the parent described MFC programming in an accurate fashion.

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  2. Re:VB by Imsdal · · Score: 2, Funny
    My, admittedly very limited, experience is that the learning curve for C# is sharper (hehe) than for VB, enough so to not make it worthwile if you are only ever going to build one small app.

    Of course, my far broader experience in all things software development related tell me that the probability that the OP will only ever build just that one app in this environment is much smaller than he thinks it is. Probably small enough for C# to become a better choice.