dear all,

i'd like to start programming in C++ in linux.

currently i'm a programmer in various lanugages, however have practically no real familiarity with C.

can anyone point me in the best possible direction for a complete noob tutorial which would explain which programs to use, how to compile, etc a typical graphical hello world application in linux? i always fall on visual C or other tutorials, which always presume you know how to compile stuff, which programs to use,... (weird, isn't it, for a beginner tutorial...)

any suggestions welcomed,

cheers,

aj.

I'm moving you to programming because I think this has more relevance there. Good luck.

http://gtk.org/tutorial/

First of all though, you need to pick a language. Do you want to learn C or C++, because they are different.

thank you itsme86.

i'm looking to program GUI applications which will basically read / write files, do some XML work and so.

i guess C++ is more recent (i guess more powerful..), that's why i wanted to try it.

what is GTK? is the same as GCC?

GTK is a toolkit for GUI programming (used in things like The Gimp, The Gnome Desktop and Gaim). GCC is the Gnu Compiler Collection, which is what you use to compile your c, c++, and many other languages code under Linux.

C++ is really no more powerful then C. C++ simply provides extra constructs to make Object Oriented programming easier. That isn't to say you have to write object oriented code in C++, or that you can't in C. GTK is actually written natively in C though it has a very OO design.

It's a set of libraries that you can link into your program. You can read about it on their homepage: http://gtk.org/

C++ isn't "more powerful" than C. It's a different design approach from C. It's what programmers call Object Oriented. Personally, I can't stand C++, but I love C. GTK is more for C, than C++. QT is like GTK, but for C++. You might want to look into that too.

thank you for this support.

just to have a little more insight: i need to build an application which will have textboxes, labels, and a Tree View. that is pretty straightforward in development tools such as borland delphi, visual C and visual basic.

is the GTK able to handle things like treeviews? i just guess i am too narrow-minded to GUI programming by dragging components on a form, and cannot imagine how to do this in text-only mode...

And if you're looking for an IDE I use KDevelop and quite enjoy it--beats editing sources in vi

Yes, GTK will support all of those things. If you are looking for an IDE I suggest you check out Anjuta. Anjuta will do other things, but it is based on GTK/C programming.

anjuta does look cool and familiar.

however:
1. isn't this too evolved for my 'noobity'?
2. i read it uses GTK and GLADE: do i need to install both? or only GT (which i already have installed)?

again, thank you,

aj.

I would recommend you become familure with C before you jump directly into GTK gui programming.

I don't actually use Anjuta myself, so I'll leave that question for somebody who has a more educated answer.

thank you all,

i've downloaded and installed anjuta and glade (i already had gtk installed).

doing my first proggies... not sure if i took the easy way, i installed an XML parser for gnome and am trying to printout XML results in a treeview

cheers 2 you all,

aj.