The power of Windows and the WIN32

Developing EZGUI 5.0 was challenging and it demonstrates the real power of the Windows API, particularly the more functional API’s, rather than COM. Working with API’s which are simple functions, rather than complex COM objects and classes makes coding easy in my opinion. I like simple. Similar to the concept of STL (the Standard Template Library) in C++, EZGUI was

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The power of the PC

With Windows 8 soon to be released, while I look forward to the benefits of Windows 8 for touch devices (aka. tablets), I am also sad about the direction software development is going in. The Metro UI may be nice for consumer apps, but the sandbox approach in my opinion limits creativity for two reasons. One is the forced user

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