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Comment by trent_lott

Quickly and easily design and make a GUI program with n real training?

VB6 got me into programming as a kid.

I mostly use python for stats stuff. I sorta understand how to run up a GUI using tkinter, but it seems like a huge pain in the ass.

I'm sure Visual Studio offers the ability to do whatever VB6 could with a GUI, but it isn't obvious how to get there.

VB6 was one nice thing - build 'a program' as you understand them in Windows. Why the fuck is it so hard nowadays? VS isn't intuitive - it's a firehouse of information and I feel like you need training to use it. That is a bummer.

I just want to Lego-assemble a cute GUI-based program that I can make into a binary and email my wife to use. But I need to dedicate 70GB and two weeks of study to get there, I guess.

parent trent_lott 6 years ago

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