Compare GUI and console applications. How would you choose which is more appropriate for a given task?

What will be an ideal response?

GUI applications look "snazzier." It is easy to add colors and fonts to them, and they contain controls that a user can manipulate with a mouse. Also, users are accustomed to GUI applications from their experiences on the Web. However, GUI programs usually take longer to develop than their console counterparts because you can spend a lot of time setting up the controls, placing them on a Form, and adjusting their sizes and relative positions before you write the code that does the actual work of the program. GUI applications created in the IDE also require much more disk space to store.
Console applications look duller, but they can often be developed more quickly because you do not spend much time setting up objects for a user to manipulate. When you are learning programming concepts like decision-making and looping, you might prefer to keep the interface simple so that you can better concentrate on the new logical constructs being presented.