[wx-discuss] Hoyle reviews wxWidgets

[Julian Smart]

Hi Hisham,

Thanks for the insight!

Certainly a single binary for lots of platforms should be
easily do-able; I don't really know why we haven't got
around to it previously.

Do you think any of the existing samples or demos are adequate,
or do we need a new one similar to the wxPython demo? Either
we show a small but complete app that shows wxWidgets doing real work
or we show off lots of the functionality. Or, of course,
we could do both of these.

For now, we could upload several of the existing samples and
demos, for example:

- dialogs
- widgets
- life

Suggestions welcome for what would make a good demo.

Regards,

Julian

At 18:20 06/03/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Julian,
>
>>Now, maybe we could attract even more people if we had an unambiguous,
>>free RAD tool that made the others redundant.
>
>IMHO, the biggest single stumbling block for new users considering 
>wxWidgets is the lack of ready-to-run binary demo that can be 
>downloaded.  In Summer of 2004, I spent two weeks full time comparing Qt 
>to wxWidgets.  Qt had a nice demo that could be downloaded and ran 
>immediately.  On the other hand, consider what someone has to do to 
>evaluate wxWidgets:
>
>- Download it
>
>- Try to build it.  Wish that prospect a lot of luck and stamina, 
>especially if he happens to be one of the majority of Visual Studio users 
>who have stopped using version 6.0 -- the prospect will now have to 
>convert the project files
>
>- Add the 'wxwin' environment variable
>
>If the prospect has made it so far, he/she still has to compile every 
>single demo and run it.  Is this for real?!
>
>I know, in the end I selected wxWidgets and I'm happy with it overall, but 
>at the time this was mainly a rejection of Qt as opposed to a "wow" factor 
>for wxWidgets.
>
>To summarize: a RAD would be great, but a compiled, SINGLE demo (per 
>platform) that can downloaded and ran immediately will get more wxWidgets 
>users and will take a lot less time to do than a RAD.
>
>Just my two dineros worth...
>
>                                                              Hisham.
>
>
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