C++/CLR Windows Forms für Visual Studio 2017

This extension extends Visual Studio 2017 by C++ Windows Forms projects:

Applications created by such projects have a graphical user interface. C++ Windows forms projects are a simple way to create C++ programs with a graphical user interface.

The programming language is standard C++ for the business logic and C++/CLI (a C++ dialect) for the interaction with the graphical user interface.

C++ Windows Forms projects are great for learning C++. Visual C++ for Windows Forms (C++/CLI) has nearly all standard C++ 11/14 language features. Since the programs are not restricted to a simple console for user interaction, they are more attractive, more flexible and much easier to use. For students, GUI programs are much more motivating than console programs.

Of course, you are not restricted to simple programming excercises. You can also write serious C++ applications. And if you have old C++ console programs, you can revamp them with a GUI.

My introductory textbook (in German) teaches C++ from the scratch, using C++ Windows forms. It focuses standard C++11/14, not C++/CLI. The main difference between the examples from this book and a traditional C++ textbook is, that instead of using a console for user interaction

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