Advantages of Win32 Apps written in VC++ over .NET Apps

digioz · #1 (**permalink**) 06-15-06, 04:43 PM

I am trying to convince myself that Win32 applications written in good old fashion Visual C++ are still worth investing the time in to develop, and so far I have had no luck coming up with any reasons. Can anyone here think of a few good reasons to continue developing Win32 API applications?

King Coder · #2 (**permalink**) 06-17-06, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by digioz

I am trying to convince myself that Win32 applications written in good old fashion Visual C++ are still worth investing the time in to develop, and so far I have had no luck coming up with any reasons. Can anyone here think of a few good reasons to continue developing Win32 API applications?

It depends on what you're talking about. Of course, if you're going for R.A.D then .NET is by FAR easy and better to use. There's no need to bust out 500 lines of code for something that could be done in 200 with .NET. If you need efficency, flexibility and power, then yes, C++ is the way to go. Applications like Adobe photoshop and other abobe products are written in C++ specifically for speed, power, and flexibility RAD languages like VB.NET doesn't have.

King Coder · #3 (**permalink**) 06-17-06, 09:05 AM

Personally, I don't use C++ for GUI development (yet).

digioz · #4 (**permalink**) 06-17-06, 11:02 AM

VC++ 6.0 used to be the only GUI development environment I used to use around 8 to 10 years ago. The main reason I would use it over Visual Basic 6.0 was mainly speed. With the arrival of VS .NET, I have been using more and more of it until recently I hardly ever use VC++ for anything anymore, because it seems like most clients want their applications done quickly, and they are willing to put up with the slower speed!

It seems though that C# applications are considerably slower as well (even slower then VB.NET applications).

King Coder · #5 (**permalink**) 06-18-06, 07:23 AM

I don't use VC++, but regular C++ without the MS standards. If I wanted to do GUI programming then I'd have to do everything by hand, which is partly why I don't do it. I prefer just writing library classes with the language. If I never wanted to write a huge application then I would go C++, but for now VB.NET will do just fine.