How to make visually appealing apps?

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Im looking for the best programming language to make widgets, utility aplications and how to make an operating system. Would anybody know of any links, tutorials or language downloads that may come of use? Because i read in another topic that said that visual basic wasnt the best language to make executable apps.

Microsoft's Visual Studio is probably the best set of programming languages if you are developing for Windows or Xbox 360 platforms. There's 3 different languages in Visual Studio, being BASIC, C++, and C#.

C# is about the most powerful of the 3, and is the only one you can use for making things on 360.

And they all have Express (Free) versions that have all of the features as the retail versions except some of the more advanced features.

ahuh i read that visual studio was good for making things like that yeh i downloaded DevC++ but i dont know how to work it, do you know of any online tutorial downloads that i could get ive looked but i couldnt find anything, whats the difference between C++ and C#?

P.S. Yeah whats with the ranks im a butterfly at the moment...lol wat is a titmouse?

If you want to make visually appealing applications, windows isn't your best bet. It's infamous for poor interface decisions. For instance, I had a Windows Mobile Smartphone at one point and the "OK" button actually meant "cancel." Needless to say, I quickly got rid of the darned thing.

Mac OS X has a lot of eye candy:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/

yeh ill try that but do i hav to get an apple computer to use mac OS X? lol

Short answer: No, unless you are going to emulate the operating system. But, if you want to program with OS X then you'll need a mac machine, sorry :\.

yeh i guess ill hav to save up...time to start my saving crusade