GUI programming in C++

Odin_of_Asgard · 05-20-2004, 12:36 PM

I am sort of new to C++ (I have used java a lot which is similar) what I was wanting to know was if there was a way to program GUIs in C++ the way you can in java using swing packages. And if there is can someone tell me what packages / libraries are needed, and where to get them. Also if you could give me some short source code examples or a website with tutorials on it, that would be great. Thank you.

Hko · 05-20-2004, 12:51 PM

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I am sort of new to C++ (I have used java a lot which is similar) what I was wanting to know was if there was a way to program GUIs in C++ the way you can in java using swing packages.

For C++ I'd recommend the Qt libraries.

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And if there is can someone tell me what packages / libraries are needed, and where to get them.

Get the Qt libraries from your distribution. For slackware 9.1 the package is called "qt-3.3.2-i486-1". In case you don't have it already, get it here: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...3.2-i486-1.tgz

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Also if you could give me some short source code examples or a website with tutorials on it, that would be great.

Qt's doc's and tut's may be included in the slackware package, I'm not sure (I use debian). If not, check the online doc's at: http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/index.html
Under the heading "Getting Started", there are two "tutorial" links, which are quite good.

Odin_of_Asgard · 05-20-2004, 12:57 PM

Thank you Hko.

melinda_sayang · 05-21-2004, 04:09 AM

I recommend gtkmm.
www.gtkmm.org

It is very good.