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Do you mean something like: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtopengl/examples-widgets-opengl.html
You have a few options depending on your OS. I'm going to assume you're in windows.
1. Native Win32 API: This is asking Windows to draw your application which is the lowest-level you can get. Check out this tutorial if you want to do this (it's C by the way).
http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/
2. MFC: Microsoft has provided a C++ wrapper for the Win32 API. It takes some work to get used to. Try this tutorial if you want to go this way:
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/game_programming/same_game_part1.html
3. SFML: A platform independent wrapper for the Win32 API or for X. You can create a window and draw shapes, but there isn't much default support for things like buttons, combo-boxes, etc. It's very simple, and user-friendly. I recommend to anyone starting out. Tutorials below:
http://sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.1/
4. Qt: Another platform independent framework. This is my favorite one. You can use Qt Creator to make your GUI. In my opinion it's more powerful than SFML and easier to use than MFC. It certainly takes less work than Win32 because Win32 is so low-level. If you download the Qt package, it'll come with some tutorials.
https://qt-project.org/
Here are some applications that have been created using Qt:
KDE (Fedora desktop enviornment)
VLC (Media player)
1. Native Win32 API: This is asking Windows to draw your application which is the lowest-level you can get. Check out this tutorial if you want to do this (it's C by the way).
http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/
2. MFC: Microsoft has provided a C++ wrapper for the Win32 API. It takes some work to get used to. Try this tutorial if you want to go this way:
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/game_programming/same_game_part1.html
3. SFML: A platform independent wrapper for the Win32 API or for X. You can create a window and draw shapes, but there isn't much default support for things like buttons, combo-boxes, etc. It's very simple, and user-friendly. I recommend to anyone starting out. Tutorials below:
http://sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.1/
4. Qt: Another platform independent framework. This is my favorite one. You can use Qt Creator to make your GUI. In my opinion it's more powerful than SFML and easier to use than MFC. It certainly takes less work than Win32 because Win32 is so low-level. If you download the Qt package, it'll come with some tutorials.
https://qt-project.org/
Here are some applications that have been created using Qt:
KDE (Fedora desktop enviornment)
VLC (Media player)
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