I do most of my development for the Android platform, and have developed applications for Windows in the past too. However, when I have developed windows applications, I’ve always used the .NET framework. This requires the end user to have the .NET framework installed on their machine.
What programming languages and associated tools can I use to create an application that will run on a windows PC (XP and greater) (other operating systems are welcome) with no need to have frameworks such as .NET and Java installed first?
Many thanks, Todd
Most Ms Windows apps are developped with C++ (or C), accessing to Win32 API for GUI for example. You may also use some other languages that compile to x86 code and are able to access to regular Win32 DLLs if you need them (for input, GUI, etc., see Win 32 API), like Pascal.
The second most used tool to build MS Windows applications with some forms must be VB up to VB 6 (that is, before VB.net), then probably Delphi.