GUI for C++

[Josh Abraham]

Hi,

I use Visual Studio 2013 with Windows, and I want to ask what is the easiest way to write C++ programs with GUI for Windows.
I tried to look for information on the web, and I was flooded with information.
I will be glad if you can also provide a book or a website that teaches the technique you recommend on.

Thanks,

[Rico Felix]

May I ask what type[s] of application[s] are you targeting?

[Josh Abraham]

sure.

I just want to study how to write programs with GUI. What I'm planning is simple GUI of Windows such as message windows, input windows, tables etc..

[Rico Felix]

In that case you can probably check out this book as a starting point...

[Josh Abraham]

what technique does this book teach?

[Rico Felix]

May I clarify what is meant by technique in your context?

[Josh Abraham]

Tk and MFC, for example, are techniques.

Off topic: when creating GUI for Java, does it matter for what is the OS the program should run on?
I know that Java runs on virtual machine, so will I be right if I say that programming the GUI can be done in one way, and it'll be good for all platforms?

[Rico Felix]

MFC is explained

[Rico Felix]

Josh Abraham wrote:Off topic: when creating GUI for Java, does it matter for what is the OS the program should run on?
I know that Java runs on virtual machine, so will I be right if I say that programming the GUI can be done in one way, and it'll be good for all platforms?

The Java platform allows you to write an application once and run it anywhere... Therefore it doesn't matter what type of application you write, whether it be gui, multimedia, networking, etc. it will run between platforms without any modifications to the source...

[Rico Felix]

You can probably send me another communication contact where we can collaborate further on the topic...

[Josh Abraham]

I see that this book teaches MFC, and MFC is not included in the free Express version of Visual Studio.
Is there a way to create GUI with C++ with a free tool?

[Bear Bibeault]

Rico Felix wrote:You can probably send me another communication contact where we can collaborate further on the topic...

Please UseTheForumNotEmail

[Rico Felix]

@Bear, I apologize for breaking that rule... I wanted to share some esoteric information with the OP concerning his matter...

[Rico Felix]

Josh Abraham wrote:I see that this book teaches MFC, and MFC is not included in the free Express version of Visual Studio.
Is there a way to create GUI with C++ with a free tool?

Suggestions that come to mind is to use a library...

Here is a list of a few:
JUCE
Qt
CEGUI
wxWidgets

Each site will have documentation explaining stuff...

[Claude Moore]

Just a doubt: is MFC still supported by Microsoft? I suppose that yes, it is, but I'm in doubt if MFC is still considerated a first-class citizen. Having .NET as a pervasive framework, wouldn't it be better to uses its rich set of GUI components, in Visual C++ .NET studio ?