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Hey,

I have been doing scripts, some sort of programs, GUI's and little installers with AHK for ~year. I've gone extreamly much forward since I started doing this. Now I've decided to move on with programming and I am looking for a programming language which would has as much common with Autohotkey as possible, because I have learned the way to make loops etc. so good.

Any help please? I've been watching programming languages like; C++, Python, Delphi .. Python looks pretty cool, but what kind of possibilities does it got for GUI's?

AHK is written in c++.
all the languages mentioned are probably better at GUI's then ahk, but much harder to create.

C++ AFAIK is the most commonly used language and can do *anything* (just like most languages, including AHK)

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Also looking for other languages just for fun but there are (too) many
Just using Gui4Cli script and the language is not as extended as AHK but Gui's are very easy to make.

I'd recommend PHP. It is pretty simple, once you get the hang of it.

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I think you may want to play with Python, with C++ you'd have to learn memory management which may be a big hurdle.

Python or Lua, nice post about python at http://www.sublimetext.com/blog/article ... n-language and there is portable python somewhere so just like AHK you can take it with you where you go

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Processing!!!!!

Best language ever. Very much like ahk, in that you can see your results immediately. Think about how easy it was to program a Ti-85. One of the first thing I made was a race-car game, with graphics and everything. Well, that's processing.

http://processing.org/

Now I DARE YOU to try making a racecar game in C++ on a first go. Double dare! Have fun coding calendars and databases, chumps.

... or Flash, I guess. Processing or flash.

I'm glad I learned C++, it's more of a philosophy class, since you don't really use Object Oriented Design unless you're a CS guy. I'm electrical engineering, and pretty much everything I've ever done has been scripting. So if you're into autohotkey's ease of use, and the whole one-man development thing, processing's the way to go.

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most games written in C++ use game libs. there are many. it'd be kinda ridiculous to not use a library/engine. Don't re-invent the wheel.

although http://processing.org/ does look interesting.

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+1 for Processing...
I fear I spend more time in Processing's forum, lately, than in AHK's ones...
It is fun to play with graphics, it touches my artistic fiber.

I also play a lot with JavaFX (still on the JVM, I code Java for a living...). Kind of Flash on testosterone, but free (and less easy to deploy...).

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Python is a good choice for going forward. It's an extremely capable language while being very easy to pick up.

If you are still seriously considering C++ and use primarily Windows, I'd consider C# instead. There's a free compiler, it's significantly easier to code than C++, is very powerful, and Microsoft is very much behind it, meaning that there will be a lot of solid documentation (almost as good as AHK's ), etc. There is a lot to learn because it's object oriented, but it's quite a powerful language with terrific libraries, a great free development environment, and is easier to write than C++.

Then there is Java too... Not super-suited for low level stuff, but it is more portable than C# (eg. running on mobile phones). I don't say one chose Java over C#, I just provide suggestions.

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