Cross-Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series)

By Julian SmartStefan CsomorKevin Hock, et al.

"This book is the best way for beginning developers to learn wxWidgets programming in C++. It is a must-have for programmers thinking of using wxWidgets and those already using it." -Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Software and the Open Source Applications Foundation Build advanced cross-platform applications that support native look-and-feel on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and even Pocket PC Master wxWidgets from start to finish-even if you've never built GUI applications before Leverage advanced wxWidgets capabilities: networking, multithreading, streaming, and more CD-ROM: library of development tools, source code, and sample applications Foreword by Mitch Kapor, founder, Lotus Development and Open Source Application Foundation wxWidgets is an easy-to-use, open source C++ API for writing GUI applications that run on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and even Pocket PC-supporting each platform's native look and feel with virtually no additional coding. Now, its creator and two leading developers teach you all you need to know to write robust cross-platform software with wxWidgets. This book covers everything from dialog boxes to drag-and-drop, from networking to multithreading. It includes all the tools and code you need to get great results, fast. From AMD to AOL, Lockheed Martin to Xerox, world-class developers are using wxWidgets to save money, increase efficiency, and reach new markets. With this book, you can, too. wxWidgets quickstart: event/input handling, window layouts, drawing, printing, dialogs, and more Working with window classes, from simple to advanced Memory management, debugging, error checking, internationalization, and other advanced topics Includes extensive code samples for Windows, Linux (GTK+), and Mac OS X About the CD-ROM The CD-ROM contains all of the source code from the book; wxWidgets distributions for Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and other platforms; the wxWidgets reference guide; and development tools including the OpenWatcom C++ compiler, the poEdit translation helper, and the DialogBlocks user interface builder. (c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131473816
• ISBN13: 9780131473812
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Cross-Platform GUI book

The book itself is the only one on this matter. It is well written with tons of examples. I would consider this book as a must for those who are writing the Cross-Platform GUI using open source libs. The book came very fast and in a perfect condition. I would highly recommend buying books from this seller.

wxWidgets

The definitive book on wxWindows (now wxWidgets). This can be found online but I do like the printed books better. Covers mostly everything a novice (to wxWidgets) needs to get started on multi-platform applications.

wxWidgets is great and this is the only book so you better get it :)

This is the only wxWidgets book so far so it's not like you have many choices! I read this book twice and then the official documentation and I still use this book as a reference sometimes. This book has a TON of errata though so the next release hopefully they are more careful with editing... I highly recommend getting this book if you want to learn wxWidgets and cross-platform application writing!

A Great Book

This is, in my opinion, a great and much-needed book on wxWidgets. To date it is the only one. The preface says, and I agree, that it is "accessible to developers with a variety of experience and backgrounds". That said, there will be a steep learning curve for people with limited relevant experience (particularly of C++). Such readers will require further support, from people, ideally both in person and from Internet...

Developing elegant applications for Linux

wxWidgets is an application framework for developers who want to develop very good-looking applications for Linux, Windows or Mac. The fact that your application can be re-compiled for any of the three operating systems is definetly an attractive plus. My development is mainly for Linux, and when I first ran accross wxWidgets, I was amazed at how quickly I could get a simple application going in under an hour. Compiling the...