what's your favorite RAD for wxWidgets?

mzgcoco · Post by **mzgcoco** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:06 am

I am a newer. Any suggestion?

Thanks.

lowjoel · Post by **lowjoel** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:50 am

I'll be biased to the IDE I'm helping to write: http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/ I use it for practically everything I write.

metalogic · Post by **metalogic** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:55 am

I gather from what I see in these forums that these are the top C++ IDEs on Windows for wx development (not in order):

Code::Blocks
wxDev-C++
Visual Studio + DialogBlocks
Visual Studio + wxFormBuilder

I myself use Visual Studio and I'm quite happy with it.

If I had to develop outside of Windows I would probably choose Code::Blocks but wxDev-C++ is also a fine IDE.

(Edit: Added VS + wxFormBuilder which I had missed)

HeReSY · Post by **HeReSY** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:44 am

I use Dialog::Blocks and wxFormBuilder for standard gui design.

Most of the design I wrote myself, cause no Gui-Builder uses wxAUI which i use in my apps.

HeReSY

jhurtado · Post by **jhurtado** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:57 pm

HeReSY wrote: Most of the design I wrote myself, cause no Gui-Builder uses wxAUI which i use in my apps.

You can use both. wxAUI manages individual window panes. So, if you design every pane (wxPanel *) separately you can integrate all of them in a simple wxFrame. The problem is if you want to create all subwindows inside the same frame class.

IMHO, with the previous approach your GUI will be more modular and less error prone (I assumed that you use wxAUI because of you have a very complex GUI).

Respect to the topic, I choose wxFormBuilder, of course

rjmyst3 · Post by **rjmyst3** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:56 am

I use wxFormBuilder because it is independent of IDE and is cross-platform.
I use it with Code::Blocks on both windows and linux.

RJP Computing · Post by **RJP Computing** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:20 am

I use wxFormBuilder because it has a very good layout and is very easy to use. I use it with both Visual Studio and Code::Blocks. Plus the development team is very responsive.

dsilvia · Post by **dsilvia** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:47 pm

Most definitely DialogBlocks!

It's the most reliable and most solid of those out there. It's author, Julian Smart, is most helpful and supports it quite well (response usually within 24 hr). It generates build files (makefiles/project files) for all the platforms/build systems that support wxWidgets.

Can't go wrong with that one!;)

Dave S.

wxMS_developers

PhoenixPl · Post by **PhoenixPl** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:16 am

I'm using wxFormBuilder and Code::Blocks. Both have good support and both are cross- platform.

bigpilot · Post by **bigpilot** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:42 pm

DialogBlocks + Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (Windows)
DialogBlocks + GCC (Linux)
DialogBlocks + GCC (Mac OS X)

zhuxuan · Post by **zhuxuan** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:12 pm

I use Code::Blocks + DialogBlocks.
DialogBlocks is a good GUI builder, but I am used to using Code::Blocks while coding.

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