Library for making Win32 windows?

Question

Hello all! I want to experiment with some D3D programming, but I hate writing code to create and manage Win32 windows. I really don't like the native Win32 API. Is there any libraries or helper classes out there that make it easier to create and manage Win32 window objects?

Thanks

Answer 1

You might take a look at WTL.

Answer 2

Qt, wxWidgets, FLTK, and GTK+, are a few of the most obvious possibilities.