C++ MFC vs .NET?

Question

My colleagues are using Visual Studio 2002 and uses the C++ MFC. I am developing in C #.

It has not been any problems before, but now questioning our customers if we re

Answer 1

There are a lot of pros/cons in this choice. MFC is the old stand by, it's been around for ages and does show its age. On the other hand it's still fairly well supported and MS keeps updating it to stay current.

The .Net framework has better support as it has a larger team backing it and is seen as something to build new parts of Windows on.

On the other hand, MFC is a big part of the Windows Ecosystem. If you're programing on the platform it will be worth it to have at least a working knowledge of what MFC does and how so when you end up supporting an MFC app (and don't worry, some day you will) you'll have a good grounding on where to start.