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C++ GUI Development

  • 06-09-2012 11:45AM
    #1
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    It should be relatively simple with my Java and C# experience, but I'm looking for resources to get started with GUI development in C++. Some of the resources I've found so far point to books.

    Any idea where I can get APIs for C++ Gui Development.


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  • #2
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    You'll probably get told that no one uses C++ for GUI development, but they do. I'll just answer your question...

    Qt is a decent enough API for C++ based GUI stuff. They've got decent enough tutorials on their site and if you've got previous experience, filling in the blanks should be no problem.


  • #3
    L.Jenkins
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    Thanks for the help.


  • #4
    srsly78
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    For windows I use C# to do gui, and put c++ into dll.


  • #5
    L.Jenkins
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    That's an idea. I'd have to use JNI for Jave


  • #6
    Anima
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    Juce is a cross platform framework you could use.

    http://rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce.php


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  • #7
    Q_Ball
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    I used http://www.wxwidgets.org/ a number of years ago for my final year project. It was pretty decent


  • #8
    [-0-]
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    QT is great for this, as already mentioned.

    If it's for windows only then look into the win32 api.


  • #9
    omen80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭omen80


    Anima wrote: »
    Juce is a cross platform framework you could use.

    http://rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce.php

    +1 for Juce. It also allows you to incorporate OpenGL if you want. If you have any problems you can post it on the Juce forum and Jules (the main man) will get back to you very quickly with a response.


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