Could Microsoft switch from its use of C, C++, and C# to other languages? A recent blog post from the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) suggested that it might well be looking at alternatives, ...

I've noticed in my programs sometimes the GUI controls things and calls the guts, other times the guts control the program and calls the GUI. Take Sudoku for example. You could write a solver such ...

Here is a free GUI tool for WINGET that lets you bulk install programs, remove installed programs and Microsoft Store apps, and update programs at once on a Windows 11/10 computer. This open-source ...

There is a variety of GUI frameworks for .NET: Microsoft itself offers several alternatives and the agony of choice is now greater than ever, as three external providers are also involved in the ...

I am looking to create a simple GUI that would assist me in generating ASCII files. My only experience with creating a GUI is using Java, and C++/SDL. I would prefer not to use Java, and C++/SDL ...

Windows: The phrase “package manager” sounds a bit ominous, but if you’re smart, you’ve already used one to outfit your Windows PC with all the basics: Ninite. The site couldn’t be any simpler. You ...

It's been a long time coming, but at its Build 2016 developer conference Microsoft unveiled two tools that finally put the nails in the coffin of the server GUI. And it's about time too. Looking at ...

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