antihaxer

I was wondering what would be the best library to use for making guis in c++. When I say best I want one that
-Works on windows and linux
-Easy to use
-Flexible

ReggaetonKing

wxWidgets. Never used it but heard good things about it!

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antihaxer

Thanks, look nice. I will give it a try.

milot

You also have a forms designer for wxWidgets using Dev C++ with wxDev-C++ extension (which uses MingW compiler [gcc/g++ windows ports]):

antihaxer

Thanks, downloaded that. Looks nice, will the programs be portable to linux?

rwm

yeah, its cross platform! you will need to download the linux version..

antihaxer

Yea, thanks, I figured that out. I have already installed both the linux and windows versions. I personally do not like using the wxdevcc, it makes you lazy imo and you do not learn essentially how the api works as you would if you coded everything from scratch.

Seif

I guess thats why they call them Rapid Application Development tools and not Learning API tools.

Try reiterating that statement to me sometime in the future when you require a wxWidgets Application to be developed within a timescale that is much shorter than your fingers are able to possibly deliver.

antihaxer

Well right now while I am just learning wxWidgets I think I would be better off learning how to code in it manually before letting something basically do the work for me. I completely agree though that if you are trying to do something in a short amount of time that wxdev would be a very useful tool. I mostly code on linux anyways and linux does not even have a tool like wxdev.

DaWei

If you feel you're better off learning the API, have at it. There are plenty of supportive materials. That wasn't, however, your question.

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