Qt: C++ GUIs are easy!

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago at 8:44 pm. 0 comments

I started learning c++ a while back but got deterred when I learned it takes 70 lines or so using the winapi just to make a blank window! A few days ago I learned about Qt. Its probably something everybody knows about but me. Anyways what it is, is a cross-platform application framework that makes GUIs easy. I’m just learning about it myself right now so I can’t really teach how to use it, however, Qt gives some good very documentaion here.

You can make a full c++ source file in less than 10 lines that will make a window with a button that reads “Hello world!”. I know this is a short post, but it is only because I want to get back to learning Qt myself! For all of you php lovers. Qt has php bindings which you can download here. You could even easily make a gui application using php. I haven’t tried it, but it sounds cool to experiment with!