Hi All,
I'm pretty new to programming and C++ and have been making my way through c++ without fear.
I'd like to know the best route to go to get into GUI or windows programming after I've got a good handle on C++, obviously.
I'd prefer to stick with C++ since I'm learning it now.
Many thanks for your time.
Qt is a good one .
wxWidgets is another good one.
My last C++ Instructor considered Qt better than wxWidgets because it made more use of C++ features.
Tim S.
I do not know much about wxwidgets, but I found the use of macros in Qt somewhat confusing. Other than that it is a pleasure to learn.Originally Posted by stahta01
wxWidgets uses Macros for things that are now supported by the C++ standard.
Note: wxWidgets 3.0 is moving the code to using less Macros that are mirroring C++ functionality.
They can do this because they are dropping support on several old versions of C++ Compiler that did not have the functionality the Macros added.
Tim S.
me personally i prefer WxWidgets because that it is hard to learn and once i get through the crap it presents i own at itbut i have to say really dude i know this sounds warped but for me i tried out QT love it but at the same time i feel like i didnt build it, and wxwidgets brings that back for me!
but there are also other gui libaries out there but i dont honestly know what they are sorry dude
and WxWidgets is more code orientated
and QT is more Editor Orientated but with code as well
You can look at FLTK also, the dev team have just signed off a final release on version 1.3 which you can get on the download pages.
And regarding 'feeling like you built it' I would much prefer to be involved in the design and aesthetics of the UI via an editor rather than also having to handcode all the button positioning etc, you have enough to worry about writing the actual working code for your application.
Handcoding I use when required, like to populate a group of keypad buttons or other stuff that would be too tedious to create one by one in an editor, also hand code for unit tests on a button callback or library drawing function for example.
Thought for the day:FLTK: "The most fun you can have with your clothes on.""Are you sure your sanity chip is fully screwed in sir?" (Kryten)
Stroustrup:
"If I had thought of it and had some marketing sense every computer and just about any gadget would have had a little 'C++ Inside' sticker on it'"
Huh...? Qt provides a installer file for both windows and the *nix es which takes care of both the ide and the libs.In my opinion Qt is a bit heavy and has a load of dependencies, GTK+ (or any of its extensions) is much easier to set up.
If you are well versed in both, do you think it would be a good idea to move to wxWidgets from Qt ?wxWidgets 3.0 is moving the code to using less Macros that are mirroring C++ functionality
I am only moderately verse about wxWidgets; know next to nothing about Qt; but, the past semester C++ instructor knew both and he like Qt because it did things in a more C++ style. I am average C programmer and a beginning C++ programer.
The instructor had moved to making all his C++ GUI using Qt; partly because it recently went open source.
Before that he was using wxWidgets in his C++ GUI projects. His GUI projects had to be multi-platform.
Tim S.
Last edited by stahta01; 07-08-2011 at 02:06 PM.
Then I'm staying...and improving my Qt bank...
in my own experience, Windows Forms / WPF is the most requested on job posts.
Unfortunately.. :Pin my own experience, Windows Forms / WPF is the most requested on job posts
Well, I'm happily a hobbyist ..
