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Recommendations To Learn To Program Desktop Apps

Aaron Greenwood 20 Reputation points
2024-01-18T21:37:22.45+00:00

I would like to lean how to program apps that run on the Windows 11 platform. I need recommendations for books that will take me through the principles and practices of building a Windows program. I have written C/C++ and Fortran programs that run from the shell. It is the jump to a Windows GUI that I find perplexing. Best Aaron

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  1. Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 9,181 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-01-19T01:30:58.12+00:00

    Hello,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

    I suggest you could start from the Doc: Build desktop apps for Windows

    Thank you.

    Jeanine

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