What Language are Windows Programs Coded In?

[skywalka]

Hi guys.

There seems to be a lot of coding languages.  I guess more than one of them is used for Windows programs?  Which ones?  How does Windows understand these different languages?

Thanx for looking.

[Ath]

Regarding programming languages: All of them are used for applications.
How Windows 'understands' them: See this: Compiler

[wraith808]

A couple of resources that might help you:

Computer Programming For Beginners, Kids, and Adults

Best Free Ways to Learn Programming

DC's own Programming School.

Understanding Programming Languages (pdf), by M. Ben-Ari, Weizmann Institute of Science.

And from MSDN - The Basics: How Programming Works

[flamerz]

tx for the links

[TaoPhoenix]

Hi guys.

There seems to be a lot of coding languages.  I guess more than one of them is used for Windows programs?  Which ones?  How does Windows understand these different languages?

Thanx for looking.

-skywalka (May 12, 2013, 05:15 AM)

I'll suggest a useful exercise is to find a sheet of paper and diagram a little what you are trying to learn.

Windows native applications?

And then there is stuff that is more "web based" but needs Windows local front ends.

Don't forget there is in fact a Windows Phone.

[skywalka]

Thanks for the replies.

I'd like to make simple programs to start with.  Like this:
http://skwire.dcmemb...?page=files-2-folder

I'd like to make iPhone apps.  Android wouldn't hurt.

[skwire]

I'd like to make simple programs to start with.  Like this:
http://skwire.dcmemb...?page=files-2-folder

-skywalka (May 21, 2013, 07:34 AM)

FWIW, that application is written in AutoHotkey but could have been written in any number of languages.

[jf3000]

I personally either write windows software in VB.NET or Windows Presentation Foundation, with the WPF you will find the majority of Windows software is programmed in this environment. Other Windows languages we use C++ and when needed Python.

[wraith808]

WPF is not a stand-alone language, per-say.  WPF is, as it implies by the name, a UI framework, that is used to facilitate the building of the User Experience Layer in an XML based construct that is used alongside another programming language, usually C# or Visual Basic, though any .NET language can be utilized in theory.

WPF exists as a subset of .NET Framework types that are for the most part located in the System.Windows namespace. If you have previously built applications with .NET Framework using managed technologies like ASP.NET and Windows Forms, the fundamental WPF programming experience should be familiar; you instantiate classes, set properties, call methods, and handle events, all using your favorite .NET Framework programming language, such as C# or Visual Basic.

Just wanted to set that straight...

[jf3000]

and I see you copied and pasted that in there

[wraith808]

and I see you copied and pasted that in there

-jf3000 (May 24, 2013, 12:16 AM)

Well, yes.  That's why its a quote.  And it's from the link... that I put into the text. 

Why go through the trouble of paraphrasing if there's a perfectly good explanation that's referenced.  That way you don't have to depend on my definition, but see what the creators say about it.