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December 12th, 2009, 05:45 PM
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Don't understand GUI with C++
So I have a pretty decent understanding of C++ from a basic sense (data structures, handling of data, file manipulation etc.) within the DOS ui but I am not aware (pretty much at all) of how to integrate my code into a good GUI. Can someone explain to me how this is done and what are the best industry tools to move into this type of applications development. Thank you.
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December 12th, 2009, 06:58 PM
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Re: Don't understand GUI with C++
C++ is a language that runs without a GUI, because it's not platform specific. You have to use extern libraries Qt or wxWidgets to create a GUI based application, these allow you to create cross-platform applications. You can also use the Windows API, the Carbon API, or the X API directly.
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December 13th, 2009, 01:12 AM
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Re: Don't understand GUI with C++
can anyone recommend a good starting tutorial for this? There are just so many options out there I don't know which one would be good to start with. I just want to be able to create windows applications as easily as possible, nothing fancy. Thanks
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December 13th, 2009, 01:18 AM
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Re: Don't understand GUI with C++
Grab a WxWidgets tutorial and start reading. Practice is really the best way to understand it.
I recommend actually learning how to do the code yourself. There are some "visual editors" around which generate code for you, but personally I feel it's best to really understand what's going on under the hood before you decided whether or not to use something like that.
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December 14th, 2009, 03:05 AM
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Re: Don't understand GUI with C++
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