The best cross-platform GUI lib. C/C++

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The best cross-platform GUI lib. C/C++

Posted 28 January 2012 - 11:44 AM

Hi DIC,

What do you think is the best GUI library for C/C++ that's cross-platform (PC/Mac/Linux)?

I promised my self I would learn something new and this is one of the topics of computer science that I want to learn in the future, possibly this year. Any direction pointing would be very helpful.

Thanks!
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Re: The best cross-platform GUI lib. C/C++

Posted 28 January 2012 - 06:01 PM

There is no one "best" cross platform frameworks. Each has good and bad points. I suggest you pick one and learn it. Once you learn one, it should be easier to learn any of the other frameworks.

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 05:14 PM

I messed around with GTKmm and then QT.

I personally find QT better to use.
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 05:53 PM

I would definitely suggest QT. The designer is easy to use, very similar to the VS designers, but the GUIs can be hand coded too.
If you get into some complicated interactions, there can be some quirks with QT, but all have workarounds I promise :)

http://qt.nokia.com/products/

Best of all it's free and will integrate into a few different IDEs.
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 07:13 AM

Qt for sure, with the LGPL it also makes it quite attractive when targetting multiple platforms.Very cool framework with more than just graphical libraries, you have access to various other extras inclusive of libraries to handle XML and Networking. It is by far one of the best things since sliced bread.
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