[KLUG Programming] cross platform gui development

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> >I'm trying to get into gui development.  I've basically NEVER done it,
> >so I'm quite the newbie here.
> >Can anybody recommend a good cross-platform (windows/Linux/Unix) library
> >or development tool to get started with?  I'm hoping for free (beer and
> >speech).
> Assuming you're coding in C/C++, your first stop is WxWindows. If there's
> money involved and you wantto develop on Linux/Unix and eventually run on 
> Windows, check out Qt.
> If my above assumptions are wrong, write back and tell us what language you
> wantt o use. There are wrappers availabel for the above, which allow you to
> code in a number of languages.

Since GNOME rests on glib, and glib's whole point is platform neutrality
I'd recommend looking at GTK/GNOME.  Even the newest GDA/GNOME-DB stuff
has parts the build on Win32.