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| - | <h1>Introduction</h1>
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| - | == About ==
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| - | This is a tutorial, that will introduce you to the programming with the wxWidgets toolkit.
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| - | == wxWidgets ==
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| - | wxWidgets is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) toolkit for creating C++ applications.
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| - | It is an opensource, mature and cross-platform toolkit. wxWidgets applications run on all major OS platforms, Windows, Unix and Mac. The project was started by <b>Julian Smart</b> in 1992.
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| - | wxWidgets is much more than a toolkit. It provides a large variety of classes for handling streams, databases, threads, online help or application settings. wxWidgets consists of a large group of widgets.
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| - | The community around wxWidgets is grouped around their [http://www.wxwidgets.org website]
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| - | == The C++ programming language ==
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| - | The C++ programming language is one of the most widely used programming languages on this planet.
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| - | It is used in the majority of the most famous applications like MS Office, Macromedia Flash, Firefox, Photoshop or 3D Max. C++ dominates also the world of PC games. It is one of the most difficult programming languages. On the other hand, programming in C++ in 2007 is different from programming in 1997. Things got easier a lot nowadays.
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| - | The [http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm TIOBE] Programming Community Index gives us a theoretical usage of various programming languages. Java rules. The C++ language is detroned. But C++ will continue to be used in it's footholds for the coming decades and ther seems to be no real threat for it. We can clearly see specialization among programming languages.
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| - | Java is used mainly in enterprise projects and portables, C is the king in system programming (OS, device drivers, small apps), PHP rules among small to medium size web sites, Javasript is used on the client site of a web application.
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| - | C/C++ are still the most widely used languages for classical desktop GUI applications.
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| - | There is a nice [http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2006/04/07/would-you-implement-java-in-java/ article] why Java will not wipe out C++ in the coming years.
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| - | == Multiplatform programming ==
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| - | Today, multiplatform programming is a buzzword. Most languages and libraries want to be multiplatform.
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| - | wxWidgets was created as a multiplatform tool from the beginning.
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| - | Most developers choose among these options. If it is possible, the go web. Or they can use Qt, wxWidgets, Swing or SWT.
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| - | There is also one litte gem called FLTK, but it is not that popular.
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| - | There is not the best choice. In our country, we have a large railroad company. This company is using a software written in Java and Swing. There was probably a reason for that choice. It is cheaper to buy new hardware and develop in Java.
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| - | The company bought together the hardware and the software. As a solution. Using Java we code faster and there will be less bugs. Clearly, this option is better. But when we code a text editor in Java, we cannot say to our customer's, hey guys, you need to buy additional 1GB memory. And there are situations, where Java just can't compete.
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| - | The Qt library is the closest competitor to wxWidgets.
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| - | Using the right tool for the right job is one of the most importat decisions programmer's (or management) do.
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