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Feeling pretty discouraged - 357mag - Apr-29-2023
I have done some console programming in several languages like C++, Python, C#, and Java. Had fun with it but I feel like I'd like to start doing some simple Windows GUI programming. I've had so far the most success with Visual C# using Visual Studio.
I recently tried using Borland (Embarcadero) C++ Builder and although I like the language and syntax I fear it may not be the best choice. There were very few books ever written on the subject, and some of the people on the form I asked questions on acted like pompous jerks.
I'm just a amateur hobbyist. Really a guitar player and musician, but I like to program as a side hobby.
And then I took about a year or more off because my depression causes me to lose interest in things, and that's what happened last winter. I did nothing.
I'm wondering if I should start writing Python console programs all over again so I can refresh my brain with the language before starting to write GUI's.
And then I'm wondering if I should just hard code the GUI (write the code myself once I learn what to write) or use a GUI designer like Glade.
Any thoughts?
RE: Feeling pretty discouraged - 357mag - Apr-30-2023
I decided to get back into my Python Programming. I don't think C++ is the way to go. Better alternatives have come out since then.
RE: Feeling pretty discouraged - rjdegraff42 - Apr-30-2023
If I may suggest, I found writing GUI apps in Python particularly fun using wxPython (see wxpython.org). Mike Driscoll has an excellent blog (https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/about/) as well as an also excellent book, Creating GUI Applications with wxPython. There are a couple of GUI builders available, the easiest of which is wxGlade.
RE: Feeling pretty discouraged - 357mag - May-01-2023
Thanks for the tips.