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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WINRT versus WIN32 ?

The big question. Now with Windows 8 (now also Windows 10) and the new WINRT runtimes, should programmers opt for building WINRT applications or WIN32 applications ? This is a fair question and I will discuss this from my own experience and viewpoint. This does not make my viewpoint necessarily the right one for you, but it is simply some observations

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The Metro mistake !

Let me start by saying that I like Metro and I understand its value, specifically for consumer oriented use on tablet PC’s. I personally feel that it is a mistake to treat Metro as the sole solution for future Windows computers and here is why. If you read the more current API docs on MSDN they now refer to such graphic

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