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Asked: 2026-05-13T15:20:02+00:00

I have just finished my first real commercial application written in C++ / MFC.

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I have just finished my first real commercial application written in C++ / MFC.

The application consisted of agent installed on users workstations which in turn was controlled from a GUI Application on an administrators workstation. I choose C++ / MFC for these reasons.

  1. Because I didn’t know C#
  2. Because I was not sure how long it would take for me to become as productive in a new lanuage
  3. Because I did not want the hassle of installing the .NET runtime on workstations some of which might be W2K.

Now I am thinking of my second application which will again consist of an agent & a GUI Application. I am happy to continue on the same track with the agent for the reasons above but the GUI application will be much more complicated then the first. The first GUI app took a very long time to develop, was torturous and looked out of date even though it was freshly made.

Should I just bite the bullet with .net c# or look into something like QT.

TIA.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want really fast results, use .NET WinForms. Nothing beats the speed of putting together a GUI app and filling it with life, except maybe Delphi. The C# language and the .NET Base Class Library will also give you a huge productivity gain, even over the already great Qt framework. If you stick to the basic Windows Forms controls, it will even run on Mono.

    WPF is even more productive once you’re used to it, but getting used to it takes way more time than for Windows Forms.

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