[lucastech]

I agree that MS has done a terrible job at making their tools simple. I started programming using VB6 in 2002 and it was the easiest thing around. This simplicity still exists if you're trying to do winforms, but is gone if you try to do anything else.

If you're just starting out I'd recommend Win Forms + C#. WPF and all of the other gui options are insanely difficult for reasons I still haven't understood.

I made a quick video to show you how to create the app and get a simple hello world together. The drag and drop interface is great. Unfortunately virtualbox didn't record the mouse cursor (I am on OSX) so it's not as clear to follow as I had hoped.

https://wxp.io/visual_studio_winforms.webm

[vixalien]

exactly. we learnt VB6 in school and developing apps was a breeze, even on school computers. But now, what a shitshow.

thanks for the video BTW.