What IDE is good for developing GUI apps using C++?
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I want to start learning C++ and create kind of windows applications like what is made in C# and WPF. I have three options: VS 2022, Code::Blocks, and QT creator 6. Which one is good for developing elegant windows applications? :-\
I will address the question in the title. There`s only one IDE left (for 10 years now) so it`s not like you have too many options.
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I will address the question in the title. There`s only one IDE left (for 10 years now) so it`s not like you have too many options.
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I will address the question in the title. There`s only one IDE left (for 10 years now) so it`s not like you have too many options.
I'd only heard of VS2022, so I had to do a search on the others. I assumed that your response meant that the others were no longer in business, but they still seem to be undergoing development.
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I had to look up Code::Blocks and noticed that it incorporates wxWidgets. I don't develop GUI apps, but when I looked into the area a while ago, I bookmarked wxWidgets so I could return to it if I ever needed to. C++ doesn't have a GUI library, so you have to find one. And if you want to support different platforms, not just Windows, you need something like wxWidgets, not WPF. As far as an IDE goes, VS2022 (Community Edition) is free and an excellent IDE. You can probably develop using wxWidgets within VS2022, but you'd likely have to spend some time configuring it, whereas Code::Blocks looks like it should work immediately. But I know next to nothing about this, so you need to get input from someone who does.
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I'd only heard of VS2022, so I had to do a search on the others. I assumed that your response meant that the others were no longer in business, but they still seem to be undergoing development.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.When your project is causing you enough headake on its own, last thing you want is errors because of a buggy IDE/compiler. There is no serious match for VS from what I know.
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I want to start learning C++ and create kind of windows applications like what is made in C# and WPF. I have three options: VS 2022, Code::Blocks, and QT creator 6. Which one is good for developing elegant windows applications? :-\
Qt Creator is worthwhile ONLY if you embrace Qt. Qt is great but is like its own OS. I still vastly prefer Visual Studio and so did my Qt development with it. Had I ported my last app to Linux, only then would I use Qt Creator. Don't bother with Code::Blocks. It's adequate for Linux but a waste of time for Windows. Moreover, for Linux CLion is vastly superior.
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I had to look up Code::Blocks and noticed that it incorporates wxWidgets. I don't develop GUI apps, but when I looked into the area a while ago, I bookmarked wxWidgets so I could return to it if I ever needed to. C++ doesn't have a GUI library, so you have to find one. And if you want to support different platforms, not just Windows, you need something like wxWidgets, not WPF. As far as an IDE goes, VS2022 (Community Edition) is free and an excellent IDE. You can probably develop using wxWidgets within VS2022, but you'd likely have to spend some time configuring it, whereas Code::Blocks looks like it should work immediately. But I know next to nothing about this, so you need to get input from someone who does.
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I want to start learning C++ and create kind of windows applications like what is made in C# and WPF. I have three options: VS 2022, Code::Blocks, and QT creator 6. Which one is good for developing elegant windows applications? :-\
Visual Studio is always the best choice for creating Win32 GUI applications as it integrates all the tools you will need. It also includes a simple template to create your first GUI program (although it is a bit clunky). And the standard Windows Controls - Win32 apps | Microsoft Docs[^] cover most control types you are likely to need.
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Greg Utas wrote:
C++ doesn't have a GUI library
Really? Take a look at Windows Controls - Win32 apps | Microsoft Docs[^].
Perhaps poorly worded. Not part of the C++ standard, in the same way that it doesn't have sockets. How many platforms does Windows Controls support?
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Perhaps poorly worded. Not part of the C++ standard, in the same way that it doesn't have sockets. How many platforms does Windows Controls support?
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I want to start learning C++ and create kind of windows applications like what is made in C# and WPF. I have three options: VS 2022, Code::Blocks, and QT creator 6. Which one is good for developing elegant windows applications? :-\
With no prior baggage, I would think that WinUI 3 and VS2022 (with C++) would be the route. [About WinUI](https://microsoft.github.io/microsoft-ui-xaml/about.html)
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I take your points. But C# does not have those features either, as part of the standard. The libraries are implemented in the same way that the Win32 or MFC libraries are. Yes, Windows controls only work in the Windows OS.
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Is it possible to have relative element position in C++ GUI (using visual studio) like what we have in WPF?
