Looks like Visual Studio 11 Express won't support writing Windows 8 non-metro apps
At least, looks like VS 2010 Express will continue to be available.
Source: http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/supers ... eup-143139
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just brew it! wrote:Switching to Qt may be a viable option for the Open Source community.
codedivine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Switching to Qt may be a viable option for the Open Source community.
I guess you mean Qt + Qt Creator IDE + MinGW? Qt is just a library and needs a toolchain to compile.
Madman wrote:There are multiple cross platform frameworks/IDEs available, not only QT.
jholewinski wrote:Will the compilers still be available for free? Right now, you can get the C++/C# compilers for free through the Windows SDK, without even installing Visual Studio. If this stays true, I doubt this will affect open source much at all. You just won't be able to use the Visual Studio IDE.
The Windows SDK no longer ships with a complete command-line build environment. The Windows SDK now requires a compiler and build environment to be installed separately. If you require a complete development environment, including compilers and a build environment, Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta is available for download.
just brew it! wrote:Madman wrote:There are multiple cross platform frameworks/IDEs available, not only QT.
Of course. But Qt seems to be one of the most popular ones -- if not THE most popular one -- these days.
Flying Fox wrote:just brew it! wrote:Madman wrote:There are multiple cross platform frameworks/IDEs available, not only QT.
Of course. But Qt seems to be one of the most popular ones -- if not THE most popular one -- these days.
If you don't count phones, I would imagine wxWidgets is the more popular one? But anyway...
yuriylsh wrote:Nope, they won't be available. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363.aspx:The Windows SDK no longer ships with a complete command-line build environment. The Windows SDK now requires a compiler and build environment to be installed separately. If you require a complete development environment, including compilers and a build environment, Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta is available for download.
jholewinski wrote:Here's to hoping Clang support for Windows improves alot in coming months...
just brew it! wrote:Madman wrote:There are multiple cross platform frameworks/IDEs available, not only QT.
Of course. But Qt seems to be one of the most popular ones -- if not THE most popular one -- these days.
jholewinski wrote:Wow, seriously? Even at $499 for the current VS 2012 Pro, that's quite a steep price for basic program (not app!) development.