Windows C++ development on Visual Studio is composed of a lot of tribal knowledge. I am surprised WTL isn't even an officially supported framework, while they leave their ATL and MFC kits rotting in neglect.
On the Visual Studio 2013 release it was communicated they are still looking to what might be the C++ GUI framework for desktop Windows, but it won't be MFC.
It is too old, based on C++ concepts that don't have place in a modern post C++11 world.
It is too old, based on C++ concepts that don't have place in a modern post C++11 world.
WTL was never an official framework.