Great programmers don't just happen !
Having been writing software since the days of CPM (and before) I can appreciate how far computers have come. If anyone thinks an Atom CPU is slow, try writing software for the Commodore 64 with a CPU which was only 1 mhz in speed. Yet despite all the changes in computers over the years, to me it is still just
Read moreNow I am not talking about Windows store apps here, but real Windows desktop applications. Going native or writing directly to the Windows API (WIN32) using a compiler designed for building small and fast applications can produce software which will run not only on the latest Windows 8 tablets, but also on Windows 7 tablets and Windows XP, Vista ,
Read moreDeveloping 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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