Native Windows Application Development Options
- by Michael Stum
Long winded title, short question:
If one wants to develop for Windows but not have to rely on any external dependency (no runtime, thus ruling out .net), what supported, alive and fully functioning* alternatives are there?
Visual Basic 6 is dead, Visual C++ is obvious and Delphi seems to be the prime choice for that, but I wonder if there are any other alternatives?
*as in: Being able to use all the Windows Features like putting an icon in the Notification Area, making the Taskbar Icon flash etc.