How to proceed with learning to code Windows desktop applications?

DanielG simpletangent at gmail.com
Wed Jan 31 15:48:59 UTC 2018


On Wednesday, 31 January 2018 at 12:25:36 UTC, John Chapman wrote:
> Just to say that it is actually possible to write modern 
> Windows apps in D - I've done it. WinRT is just COM. Granted 
> it's not as easy as using Microsoft's language projections, but 
> it's doable if you really want to.

The .winmd files describing the WinRT API surface are 
machine-readable, so in theory some enterprising D developer 
should be able to generate an elegant D projection. But as with 
many things, there might not be much overlap between "those who 
can" and "those who want to" :P

It's certainly beyond my skill level at the moment ...


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