is Visual C++ obsolete?

JoeGonzalez

Im looking for Visual C++ jobs and I can't find any that are not related to embeded or 3d development. Is Visual C++ application development obsolete? All the job postings I find are for Java and VB net developers. I have been programming Imaging systems for the last 12 years. Now I am lookingfor a new job and can't find a good fit.

Pete OHanlon

Just wait until Windows 8 comes out and companies abandon Android and iPad/iPhone development. C++ is going to be huge...

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CPallini

Visual C++ is not obsolete, however, in my opinion, is no (more?!) mainstream.

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Kevin Marois

JoeGonzalez wrote:

All the job postings I find are for Java and VB net developers

Ever heard of C#?

JoeGonzalez wrote:

Now I am lookingfor a new job and can't find a good fit.

You're a C++ developer and you "only find Java and vb.Net" jobs?? That's strange. It would be a hell of alot easier to go from C++ or Java to C#, instead of to vb.Net.

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Albert Holguin

It really depends on what your skills and background are like, although if you compare it to other languages out there, there's probably more jobs out there relating to the newer frameworks and systems that people are using today.

LloydA111

No, typical Microsoft neglected it for too long, but it is becoming more popular now :)

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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

Just wait until Windows 8 comes out and companies abandon Android and iPad/iPhone development. C++ is going to be huge...

Hi Pete, I assume you jest here, but am very curious(absent smiley-cue), if you might, indeed, be serious. thanks, Bill

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Pete OHanlon

Let's just say that the jest icon would have been used if there was one there.

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Andy Bantly

COBOL is still alive and kicking so let's not drive the coffin nails into VC++. I still use it for work and for fun.

killabyte

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

wait until Windows 8 comes out and companies abandon Android and iPad/iPhone development. C++ is going to be huge...

I agree good sir!

Lost User

VC++ Rocks. VB - not a language. Knock knock. Who's there? Java. Java who? If you think about it c/c++ are/is used to create a lot of those other "languages" - look deep enough... you'll find your mallocs.

Shao Voon Wong

I used to be a Visual C++ developer who is now a C# ASP.NET developer. C++ jobs in Singapore are few and between, compared to C# and most of them often need additional skills like Linux, TCP/IP, embedded and 3D games programming, for the job, which I do not have. C++ developer should find it easy to switch to C# and Java, given that you are willing to put in time and effort to read up on the language and their frameworks.

Lost User

By Visual C++ do you mean GUI programming in c++? C++ development seems to be very strong here, particularly on linux

Steve Echols

Maybe try entertainment industries like Lucas, Pixar, or gaming studios? Here's one job that requires C++: https://www.lucasfilm.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=3309&CurrentPage=1[^]. Not sure I'd want to work in that environment, but to each his own. I see the odd C++ job on Craigslist occasionally, but yeah, seems like they're getting pretty scarce.

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PIEBALDconsult

I got an Android phone this weekend, so I took a look at how to develop for it. One thing I read mentioned that Android (the OS) is written in C and C++ to a large extent (as expected), so I assume one could write apps for it in C++.

Lost User

Totally agreed!:thumbsup:

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Daniel Casserly

Not really. The main app system thingy is all done on the Dalvik VM which is Java so all the SDK is Java. You can get plugins to program in other languages (even python!!) but Java is the default langauage.

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Amir Hossein Jamshidi

I have been programming in java and c# for two years(I know that it is not any thing in comparison to your 12 years skill), but I always feel that I don't have some thing . some thing like performance , speed and power . power for developing for every thing from embedded systems , drivers , game developing , 3d modeling and simulation and many other . Would you like to change our skills! :-\ :rose::rose::rose:

YvesDaoust

Why don't you stay in imaging ? It's the most beautiful place in the world :) They are still using good ol' C++. If I were you, I wouldn't focus on the development platform. You sure have many more assets than that.

Paul M Watt

You also have access to the native API and can develop in C++. The front end will have to start with the JAVA activities to initiate the app on the Dalvik VM, but after that you can use JNI to develop in C++ without the need for plugins.

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