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[asafe]

I've playing with C++ until now-yes, I do know the basic- and was wondering which graphic toolkit(that's the right term?) to use. Since I use Linux and I want to be lazy because I'm studing other things, what's the easiest GUI(I mean drag 'n drop)to learn(please don't say Kommander)?

[ZekeDragon]

Well... you're either looking for a GUI toolkit, or you're looking for an IDE. Either way, you might want to look into Qt Creator. It's not bad, from what I've seen, and it has a built-in RAD development platform for GUI working. I use Qt, but instead of Qt Creator I use a combination of Code::Blocks for code and Qt Designer for making the GUI (if I'm lazy, otherwise I code it all).

I'm not saying it's definitely what you need, I'm just saying take a look. You might prefer working with wxWidgets, and Code::Blocks works well with wxDesigner.

[ZekeDragon]

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Edited by ZekeDragon, 01 September 2009 - 06:45 PM.
Really getting tired of these double posts...

[WingedPanther]

wxWidgets, gtkmm, QT, and Ultimate++ are all possibilities. Personally, I don't care for wxWidgets' coding style. All for have RAD tools available, but at some point you need to consider the code. If you really want RAD, I'd look into Lazarus.

[outsid3r]

what Ken Thompson has to say about GUI's:

"The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you. "

[asafe]

I've choosed gtkmm and libglade.

[dargueta]

If you're really lazy like me you can use straight Tk.

[theonejb]

I personally use GTK+. Its easy to learn, has a lot of examples and tutorials you can look at, and most importantly, it's portable to Windows(most of the time...).

[WingedPanther]

gtkmm is the C++ wrapper for GTK+ (a C library)

[asafe]

WingedPanther said:

gtkmm is the C++ wrapper for GTK+ (a C library)

We know, man.