good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
I started developing wxWidgets based applications with wxDev many years ago and it was realy the best IDE for such purpose, but unfortunatelly DevCpp died, so I had to change to CodeBlocks. CodeBlocks is defenetly not as easy to use as wxDev, specially at he begining, where you have to build wxWidgets on your own and then do all that manual configurations for CodeBlocks. However even with all that small disadvantages CodeBlocks was still the best posible solution, but since 2 years there are no CodeBlocks releases, which means at least for me it´s dead. So I am searching for some new IDE with suport for developing wxWidgets based applications. I don´t care much if it´s worcking on diferent OS, it should just worck on Windows. VS wouldn´t be a solution, since the only way to get it is iligal.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
VS Community is free, even for commercial use, it just requires you to register it. The only limitation of the licence is that you're not allowed to link the CRTs statically.VS wouldn´t be a solution, since the only way to get it is iligal.
If you don't need a graphical GUI designer and can live with a Windows only solution, i think VS is still be best choice. In terms of compilation speed (clean wxWidgets build takes 60secs on SSD with an i7 CPU) and the quality of the debugger, nothing else comes even close.
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Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Hi,
This is not entirely true. C::B Nighly are constantly being built. See this forum link. Dunno why they do not do a General release which gives them bad PR.
I never loved Visual Studio, but it was long ago and I read a lot have changed for good since then and as DM wrote MS have changed a lot for good. So check it out. Personally I use CodeLite and it is serving me very well. Only caveat is they no longer build Mac bundles for pre 10.14. Since you want Windows only that does not apply to you!
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Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
I also use VS Community. Unfortunately all known alternatives are significantly inferior in convenience.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
I defenetly don´t want to register, since I am worcking ofline. Also not a fan of free versions of comercial software, since they can´t be good. I mean if the free version would be good who the f*** would waste money for comercial one? Also since a graphical GUI designer is the most important part, VS is defenetlly of no use for me.doublemax wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:49 pmVS Community is free, even for commercial use, it just requires you to register it. The only limitation of the licence is that you're not allowed to link the CRTs statically.VS wouldn´t be a solution, since the only way to get it is iligal.
If you don't need a graphical GUI designer and can live with a Windows only solution, i think VS is still be best choice. In terms of compilation speed (clean wxWidgets build takes 60secs on SSD with an i7 CPU) and the quality of the debugger, nothing else comes even close.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Already had this discusion on C::B forum, but I never use beta versions, and Nighly builds are just beta versions.evstevemd wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 1:23 pm Hi,This is not entirely true. C::B Nighly are constantly being built. See this forum link. Dunno why they do not do a General release which gives them bad PR.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Hi,
In terms of the compiler and the code produced - it is all the same.
And why the heck do you need a GUI designer for? Sizer code is simple enough to code by hand.
Thank you.
With MSVC the difference is inside the licensing. Community edition of MSVC vs Pro has different licensing terms - what you can and can't link.gtafan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:05 pmI defenetly don´t want to register, since I am worcking ofline. Also not a fan of free versions of comercial software, since they can´t be good. I mean if the free version would be good who the f*** would waste money for comercial one? Also since a graphical GUI designer is the most important part, VS is defenetlly of no use for me.doublemax wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:49 pmVS Community is free, even for commercial use, it just requires you to register it. The only limitation of the licence is that you're not allowed to link the CRTs statically.VS wouldn´t be a solution, since the only way to get it is iligal.
If you don't need a graphical GUI designer and can live with a Windows only solution, i think VS is still be best choice. In terms of compilation speed (clean wxWidgets build takes 60secs on SSD with an i7 CPU) and the quality of the debugger, nothing else comes even close.
In terms of the compiler and the code produced - it is all the same.
And why the heck do you need a GUI designer for? Sizer code is simple enough to code by hand.
Thank you.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Sory, but looks like you have no idea what the word simple means.ONEEYEMAN wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:50 pm Hi,With MSVC the difference is inside the licensing. Community edition of MSVC vs Pro has different licensing terms - what you can and can't link.gtafan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:05 pmI defenetly don´t want to register, since I am worcking ofline. Also not a fan of free versions of comercial software, since they can´t be good. I mean if the free version would be good who the f*** would waste money for comercial one? Also since a graphical GUI designer is the most important part, VS is defenetlly of no use for me.doublemax wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:49 pm VS Community is free, even for commercial use, it just requires you to register it. The only limitation of the licence is that you're not allowed to link the CRTs statically.
If you don't need a graphical GUI designer and can live with a Windows only solution, i think VS is still be best choice. In terms of compilation speed (clean wxWidgets build takes 60secs on SSD with an i7 CPU) and the quality of the debugger, nothing else comes even close.
In terms of the compiler and the code produced - it is all the same.
And why the heck do you need a GUI designer for? Sizer code is simple enough to code by hand.
Thank you.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Hi,
Could you please enlighten me?
Thank you.
Could you please enlighten me?
Thank you.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Sizers is something that is not realyy worcking good in wxWidgets. There is only 1 real sizer type in some diferent combinations. It is really complicated or sometimes imposible to place the compenents the way you want, using sizers. I mean it´s defenetlly not simple.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Hi,
If you know basic XML or tree structure than it is definitely very simple.
Also curious - why do you say "There is only 1 real sizer type".
I did use many different sizers and they all work fine.
Thank you.
If you know basic XML or tree structure than it is definitely very simple.
Also curious - why do you say "There is only 1 real sizer type".
I did use many different sizers and they all work fine.
Thank you.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
You always can use external RAD tool, for example wxFormBuilder - https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder with any IDE.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Even doing everithing manually is still simpler then using that external sh*t.Kvaz1r wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:48 pmYou always can use external RAD tool, for example wxFormBuilder - https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder with any IDE.
Re: good and simple to use IDE for wxWidgets based applications?
Not for the beginner.
I started working with wx around 2005 and picked wxGlade. Used it for maybe 1.5 years.
After that - unless its a very complicated layout, that I need to visualize constantly - I'm doing it by hand.
Thank you.
I started working with wx around 2005 and picked wxGlade. Used it for maybe 1.5 years.
After that - unless its a very complicated layout, that I need to visualize constantly - I'm doing it by hand.
Thank you.