I am new to GUI programming and I would like some suggestions with how to get started with this subject. I need to develop GUI parts for software prototypes and interfaces for software products.
I currently have a Windows computer running Win 7 and I have Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. I would truly appreciate any help on to what software tools (frameworks, IDE's, programming languages,etc) I could pickup to get the job done and be able to proficiently create good applications.
I have experience in C++ and some java, however I am completely open to learning any other language if its the best choice for what I want to accomplish. Thank you very much in advance.
Sergio
for cross platform app production, Nokia Qt Toolkit is the best option. For windows only, Visual Studio has a builtin Windows Forms Designer or you could use the WPF Designer for GUI. Do you need audio libraries as well (your question is unclear)?
Try JUCE, it designed for this stuff.
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I want to develop an Application that can run on Windows 8,Windows 8, Windows 10 Tablets as well as Desktops. What are the prerequisites for that?
I found this answer here on SO. But it doesn't give me everything I need to know.
Also I'd like to know the following:
1) Which version of windows would be best suited for development in this case?(I currently have windows 7 installed in my system).
2) What version of the Visual Studio IDE should I use?
3) Any guide that'll help me learn and do the development efficiently? (I have worked on web development before but i'm beginner for windows app development)
The choices I make should help me carry forward a hassle free development, thanks! :)
I'm a beginner in windows App development, I've worked on web for
quite some time and have the basic knowledge of WinForms.
The only way to have it work on all of those platforms would be to develop a desktop app instead of a Universal Windows App. Visual Studio Community is free and would do everything you'd need. You could look into creating WPF applications or Windows Forms applications; both are compatible with Win7 through 10, although won't run on RT based tablets (it will run on Surface Pro, and similar tablets running FULL Windows).
As far as a guide goes, there are plenty of programming books that you could study, but I would suggest using Google to your advantage when you are stuck on a problem.
I try to use this abandoned software to teach newbie with Visual Basic 6 knowledges only.
I know this software is not recommended for real-world development.
I have installed eVB (full install) on Virtual PC machine with Windows XP mode
I tried to run application on emulator. Firewall allowed this connection.
But I've got message:
Emulator for windows CE will not run within another copy of emulator for windows ce
As I mentioned this problem, with no workaround:
VPC and the Emulators use the same emulation engine, and so the emulators think you're trying to run them inside another emulator instance because they can't tell the difference.
1) Is there possible to run eVB on Win7 PC?
2) Is there possible to run eVB on VmWare PC with Windows 2000/Windows XP?
3) Is there free alternative to eVB for learning purposes only?
Yes, the emulators will not run in a VM.
I do question to value of using eVB, as it's definitely a dead technology, and there's very little use for the VB6/VBA syntax any longer.
If you're trying to teach the basics of programming in general the I'd get an Express version of Visual Studio and teach VB.NET or C# for a simple, standard desktop application. Most of the knowledge there would be transferrable to a device.
If developing for a Windows CE device is a hard requirement, then I'd probably try finding an old version of Visual Studio (2005 or 2008) and using VB.NET or C# in the Compact Framework for those. My guess is that your best route there would be to try to find the eval version of Platform Builder (Windows Embedded Compact 7) which would give you something like 90 or 120 days.
The express edition of the newest versions of Studio also allow targeting Windows Phone, which has an emulator and supports VB.NET or C#.
And of course you could even try using Xamarin Studio and target Mono against an Android emulator. Again, you'd get C# on a device, though the UI paradigm is way different than anything for CE or Windows Phone.
If you simply want to write BASIC code for am embedded device, Parallax has the BASIC Stamp, which has pretty cheap starter kits. If you're after .NET on an embedded device, Netduino might be what you're after (I think they have VB.NET support).
Really I guess the question is "what's the end goal?" To learn general programming? If so, just use a desktop machine to start with. To apply programming knowledge to an embedded device? Then get something with more up-to-date support.
Regardless of the goal, I have a hard time coming up with a valid reason for trying to use eVB.
Does anybody knows how to program modern and fashion GUI's like this example?
modern GUI
What kind of tools should I need for developing for Windows in Visual Studio?
Thank you very much.
If you are doing this in .NET, targeting Windows, I would suggest you use WPF. Visual Studio 2010 has all the tools built in to build a GUI like that. There are loads of tutorials on how to do this, I found this one in 24 seconds.
If you would like it to be fairly platform independent, targeting Linux, OSX, Windows etc you probably would like to use Qt. Qt has a pretty good editor focused on developing in C++ using cute called Qt Creator but if you are focused on using Visual Studio there is an add-in that might help you.
Edit: There is a similar question here on stackoverflow that might help you: Creating a nice GUI in WPF
If you want to develop in win-forms I suggest using 3rd party control vendor , such as Telerik or Dev-express.
Telerik's support is very good and their win-forms controls are pretty stable around now , You could download a free trial to try it out.
http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx
http://devexpress.com/Products/NET/Controls/WinForms/
I'm planning on developing an Windows desktop-based GUI application, and I don't have a clue which language or IDE to choose. I'd REALLY like something with a WYSIWYG GUI editor. My application will rely on web-based XML feeds, so built in support for that would be great. I don't want the application to have any dependencies or require admin rights to run. Cross-platform is nice, not not required.
I'm willing to learn a new language if that's necessary.
Delphi is well reputed for Windows GUI application developpment. It's even a 'RAD' Studio (rapid application development studio) as they call it.
Check out Delphi. Alternatively FreePascal with its Lazarus IDE is pretty much an open-source Delphi clone, which while not as polished, offers cross-platform support.
For Windows, I will definitely go for C#.
If you know c++ and have MFC experiences, it should be fairly easy to learn.
Yes, it has WYSIWYG GUI editor.
Designing a User Interface (Visual C#)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173080(v=vs.80).aspx
and it seems this is what you are looking for?
SyndicationFeed Class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.syndication.syndicationfeed.aspx
Good Luck!
There are several variants.
Windows only
C# + MSVS:
One of the best choices on Windows platform today
+good documentation
+big developers community
-you need a system which has .net installed.
Delphi
+easy to start
all-in-one tool with GUI editor
not very widespread
Cross-platfrom
Qt or wxWidgets or some other toolsets
If you're looking for a free solution, you can use SharpDevelop, which is a free IDE for C# or VB.NET, and has a GUI designer similar to the one in Visual Studio. You should be able to use any classes and libraries from/for the .NET Framework.
You'll need the .NET Framework, but starting with Windows Vista it's installed by default (.NET Framework 3.0, I think).
COM as we know is language and platform independent standard, but all the time I see only articles on developing COM components on Windows. Could you share your thoughts on how to develop a true cross-platform application.
I've written code using COM on Mac and Unix, with no supporting libraries. You actually just need C++. It's basically a protocol.
However, if you really want to write using cross-platform COM, I suggest you look at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM
If you aren't opposed to commercial tools, MainSoft's MainWin let's you integrate Visual Studio COM/ATL development in a Linux environment. You actually develop on your windows box but the binaries are compiled on the native Linux box. You can check it out here:
http://www.mainsoft.com/content/mainsoft-enterprise-edition-overview
I have personally used this at my company with great success.