It's easy to use. I can easily build small applications quickly and it's pretty feature rich. The help files are not always clear enough, but that's probably just my lack of understanding. If you're looking for a beginner's environment to get your feet wet with this is definitely one to consider. I'm using it for a little project at work where we've written a lot of code in C++. We wanted to be able to have some of the more advanced features in C++ without having to switch environments each time. So far so good!