Hello. I have not yet started studying c++ since i am trying to collect information on it. The part i constantly fail to understand, has to do with GUI programming.
a) Does one need an IDE in order to program a GUI?
b) Is GUI programming differently approached when done for Windows, instead of a Mac, instead for a Linux OS?
c) What would you suggest for reading related to the above?
a) No, but an IDE always helps
b) Not much if you use cross-platform libraries
c) Code::Blocks IDE + wxWidgets toolkit, so you can use the same environment on all OSs and get native-looking GUIs