Another GTK+ 3.0 Pre-Release Arrives

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Originally Posted by srg_13

Ummm... I think you're wrong about Windows... Have you seen Hello World in Win32? It's not easy!

And then there's MFC - http://pastebin.com/xmUgiKvr - 94 lines.

It's a little easier in the crippled .Net languages, but only because the visual designer creates all of the UI code for you...

In Gtkmm (the C++ port - I'm not familiar with the C API), on the other hand;

Code:

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#include <gtkmm.h>

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);

    Gtk::Window win;
    Gtk::Label hello("Hello World!");

    win.add(hello);

    win.show_all();

    Gtk::Main::Run(win);

    return 0;
}

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Not hard... In my opinion it's actually better to develop for Windows with Gtkmm than the Windows APIs themselves...

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You'll probably want to use Builder, that's even easier (in Vala for bonus points):

Code:

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using Gtk;

int main(string[] args) {   
    Gtk.init(ref args);

    try {
        var builder = new Builder();
        builder.add_from_file("hello.ui");
        builder.connect_signals(null);
        Gtk.main();
    } catch(Error e) { return 1; }

    return 0;
}

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Compile with: valac --pkg gtk+-2.0 hello.vala

Now you can design your GUI in the Glade editor.