为什么在Visual Studio中用c ++编写GUI应用程序的代码与控制台应用程序不同？

Question

I am just a begginer in c++ and I am trying to learn it for my assignment. I've been learning how to write simple console applications for past few weeks and everything was going fine, until I tried use that knowledge to write GUI application using the visual editor. I created a gui, and when I double pressed the button, the code was similar to C++ but not exactly the same.

My question is, is there any way to still use the visual editor and use the standard c++ or do I have to learn the other (visual?) c++ to make the GUI usable?

Answer 1

Well, you can use standard C++ (or C for that matter) to write a GUI, but you will have to use the Windows API to draw your GUIs and handle the messages that your application will receive from the operating system.

But, Visual C++ is actually helping you here in giving you a template starting point application to which you can add your specific functionality. What it generates for you is C++, although it will be heavily littered with macros &c. which does make it appear quite alien on first inspection.

That all said, I believe the cool cats use Qt these days.