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3 obscure Windows programming apps to try this weekend

It seems like there is an IDE or other specialized programming tool for every language out there. Some of them have become extremely bloated, which is fine if you're running a beefy PC that supports ...
Ars Technica

Help with simple DOS graphics in C++ and intro to C++ Windows Programming

Ok. I've been at college for almost 2 years and I'm pissed off that I still don't know ANYTHING (well, mostly anything) about this stuff.<BR><BR>I know all the basics of C++, up to classes, and the ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: Our Rust programming language Windows runtime library is now in preview

Microsoft has announced an early public preview of Rust/WinRT, or Rust for the Windows Runtime (WinRT), and has posted it on GitHub. The Rust/WinRT project is a "WinRT language projection" or software ...
Ars Technica

Windows GUI programming

So what do people use nowadays? I have been stuck programming in java for backend stuff (not really against my will) but I kinda feel guilty I can't write software for my desktop platform anymore. So ...