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MFC

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What is MFC?

MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class Library) is a C++ class library for developing Windows desktop applications. It provides a framework for building applications with a graphical user interface (GUI) and supports features like window management, event handling, and data access. It simplifies Windows API programming by providing object-oriented wrappers around the underlying Windows API functions.

What other technologies are related to MFC?

MFC Competitor Technologies

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a more modern UI framework from Microsoft, providing a different approach to building Windows applications compared to MFC.
mentioned alongside MFC in 2% (665) of relevant job posts
Qt is a cross-platform application framework that offers an alternative to MFC for developing GUI applications.
mentioned alongside MFC in 2% (431) of relevant job posts
WinForms is a .NET-based UI framework. It is an alternative to MFC.
mentioned alongside MFC in 2% (151) of relevant job posts
UWP (Universal Windows Platform) is a modern application platform for Windows, offering a different approach than MFC.
mentioned alongside MFC in 4% (64) of relevant job posts
Windows Forms is a UI framework using the .NET framework that competes with MFC.
mentioned alongside MFC in 2% (62) of relevant job posts
.NET is a development platform that provides alternatives to MFC for building Windows applications, such as WPF and WinForms.
mentioned alongside MFC in 0% (648) of relevant job posts

MFC Complementary Technologies

MFC is a framework built on top of the Win32 API, providing a higher-level abstraction.
mentioned alongside MFC in 23% (215) of relevant job posts
MFC provides classes and mechanisms to work with COM (Component Object Model) objects.
mentioned alongside MFC in 12% (404) of relevant job posts

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