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0 pointschipdart1y ago0 comments

> Writing GUI apps for Windows in C++ is painful

I don't think so. Qt makes this a trivial problem, and WinUI3 supports C++ as a first class citizen.

I'd argue that desktop development for Windows was never as good as it is right now.

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I've used Qt a lot. Unless something very drastic has happened last 5-6 years it's not in the same league as say Delphi.

But fair enough, it's quite good. If I had to write a C++ UI application, it'd be on my shortlist.

dgfitz1y ago

Writing a gui in Qt is so simple anytime someone like the GP says “writing a gui in c++ is hard” obviously hasn’t tried.

rubymamis1y ago

Indeed, QML and C++ together are the best mix out there for GUI development. I've written my block editor completely using Qt C++ & QML: https://www.get-plume.com/ and it was a breeze.

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