I used to use it in school with Java (we had so many options because there was no one like this when i graduated), but now that its written completely C++ / Visual Studio 2010 + Windows 8 Metro UI/WinRT API's we can easily do things using only our own IDE! We did have some performance problems at first after installing from source code as opposed by precompiled binaries which were usually available online somewhere else; however if you really want speed try compiling yourself - maybe even getβ¦