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Hi all,
My understanding is that C# is the best programming language for interacting with Windows. Is this true? Can I still interact with the Windows API using Python or JavaScript? I am learning, and I really want to learn how to work with an OS and Windows just seems less foreign to me. Also, what are good projects to work on interacting with Windows? Automation is easy enough because of the task scheduler, but what can I do with Python or Javascript? Can anyone point me in the right direction either in a friendly manual or book, tutorial series?
Thanks!
Andy
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What do you mean by "Interacting with Windows" ?
You can do about everything with Win32 APIs (Programming reference for the Win32 API)
in any language (mainly C++, or C#, VB, etc...)
For basic tasks, C# or VB are simpler (mainly with all classes from .NET Framework)
I need to learn the API to be able to answer that, I guess interacting just sounded like a good choice of adjectives. I'd like to build my own version of something like sysinternals suite or htop for windows. As I learn the platform I can develop more features, but for now I think that's a pretty big list.
Hello AndyM,
Unfortunately, Windows API only supports the usage of C# and Rust.
Reference: https://blogs.windows .com/windowsdeveloper/2021/01/21/making-win32-apis-more-accessible-to-more-languages/
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Sysinternals tools are done in C++.
There are tutorials in MSDN like Get started with desktop Windows apps that use the Win32 API,
but if you want to do a simple process viewer (with a ListView for example), it is easier in C# or VB