Learning to GUI?
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I'm not quite sure what the limit for "beginner" is, so feel free to move this if necessary.
I took a class in C++ at my local college. It got me some basics, but I never really got past writing console programs.
Five years later, I feel like I'm at the limit of what console programs can do for me.
I have written a program that randomly generates some text. Then, it asks if you want to redo the random text. If no, it asks if you want to save the output to a file. If no, it quits the program.
I want to convert this program to a Windows program with a GUI. Buttons for Quit, Generate, and Save are what I'm hoping to end up with, as well as a window that displays the text generated. Preferably in a format that can be copy/pasted instead of read-only.
My education never even touched on how to make this move (unless I move to Visual Basic), so some help on how to get started would be great.
I took a class in C++ at my local college. It got me some basics, but I never really got past writing console programs.
Five years later, I feel like I'm at the limit of what console programs can do for me.
I have written a program that randomly generates some text. Then, it asks if you want to redo the random text. If no, it asks if you want to save the output to a file. If no, it quits the program.
I want to convert this program to a Windows program with a GUI. Buttons for Quit, Generate, and Save are what I'm hoping to end up with, as well as a window that displays the text generated. Preferably in a format that can be copy/pasted instead of read-only.
My education never even touched on how to make this move (unless I move to Visual Basic), so some help on how to get started would be great.
This transition is one of the most exciting transitions you can make. Just pick a framework and start programming!
WxWidgets is my favorite library for gui dev, it's quirky but gets the job done.
You also have QT, GTK+, Your OS API (winapi), and many more. Just download one and start hacking away.
WxWidgets is my favorite library for gui dev, it's quirky but gets the job done.
You also have QT, GTK+, Your OS API (winapi), and many more. Just download one and start hacking away.
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