That makes sense. I suppose I''ll stick to Win32, yet I''m kinda mad that there''s not much tutorials online, considering they''re all just beginner intros.

MFC is a popular developer''s choice for tool development, as it''s relatively easy to make a Windows application with all the bells and whistles and without the massive effort raw Win32 would take. You wouldn''t use it for games, since most games don''t require all the fancy controls. However, that''s not to say it doesn''t integrate nicely with either DirectX or OpenGL. There are several example applications included with the DirectX SDK (at least there used to be) demonstrating MFC DirectX applications. You would use this capability if you want to integrate your in-game rendering engine with your toolset, such as with a map editor or model viewer.

.NET also makes it easy to develop Windows applications, but some developers aren''t ready to make the switch to .NET and are quite happy with what they have. And, they don''t want to have to either learn a new language or the managed C++ extensions.