Efficient GUI programming Topic is solved

[dentiol]

I use Visual Studio to develop applications with wxWidgets, I know how to develop GUI, but it's extremely slow in my hands. In other words I miss designer. Is there a similar tool available please ? Thanks.

[Auria]

I never used Visual Studio, but I guess what you want is a GUI builder? Take a look at wxFormBuilder, wxSmith, wxGlade, ...

you can get a full list here:
http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Tools

[dentiol]

I never used Visual Studio, but I guess what you want is a GUI builder? Take a look at wxFormBuilder, wxSmith, wxGlade, ...

you can get a full list here:
http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Tools

Thanks, so wxFormBuilder generates a C++ code so I could put it into VSC++ project ?

[Jorg]

Another tip to efficient GUI development is using the MVC architecture, and XRC for your GUI. The first reason is that you work data driven instead of GUI driven which reduces a lot of overhead and prevents your data model to be too much dependent on the GUI. With XRC as your main GUI creation you can always switch GUI editors later because you don't have to generate the C++ creation code. Also, if your app needs a different layout, it doesn't even need to be recompiled.

- Jorgen

[dentiol]

Another tip to efficient GUI development is using the MVC architecture, and XRC for your GUI. The first reason is that you work data driven instead of GUI driven which reduces a lot of overhead and prevents your data model to be too much dependent on the GUI. With XRC as your main GUI creation you can always switch GUI editors later because you don't have to generate the C++ creation code. Also, if your app needs a different layout, it doesn't even need to be recompiled.

- Jorgen

It's a hammer for ant. I need simple forms (not so simple to be easy to programm them by hand).

[Auria]

Thanks, so wxFormBuilder generates a C++ code so I could put it into VSC++ project ?

Yes, it does. It can also generate XRC. See their homepage for details : http://wxformbuilder.org/?page_id=21

[Jorg]

So you do not need efficient GUI programming, you need QUICK GUI programming

Many times when I developed my app by starting from the GUI, all the functionality that was actually the application, was stuck inside the GUI. After years of development I learned that starting with a simple app that can grow, you should always start out right, or else it bites you in the rear.

But there are defenately as much developers as there are solutions to a problem, this is just one of them

Regards,
- Jorgen Bodde

[frank_frl]

Try DialogBlocks
http://www.anthemion.co.uk/dialogblocks/

It can generate code or XRC for you and works well together with Visual Studio.

Frank

[dentiol]

So you do not need efficient GUI programming, you need QUICK GUI programming

Many times when I developed my app by starting from the GUI, all the functionality that was actually the application, was stuck inside the GUI. After years of development I learned that starting with a simple app that can grow, you should always start out right, or else it bites you in the rear.

But there are defenately as much developers as there are solutions to a problem, this is just one of them

Regards,
- Jorgen Bodde

Yes, exactly, quick gui programming

[dentiol]

wxGlade seems to be a perfect solution.