DON'T LEARN C++ GUI UNLESS...

Most people learn C++ because of its popularity, performance, and robust execution. That's okay. But when it comes to GUI Programming, C++ wouldn't be the ideal choice for small developers who are building small-scale apps that don't require all that performance C++ offers. Also, coding GUI in C++ is quite hard (we all know how C++ programs look like compared to some other popular languages). So, here is my suggestion for those who are still using C++ to build GUI apps.

Now huge disclaimer, this videos is focused on the GUI side only. I am not talking about the general C++ applications.

Leave your ideas in the comments section below!

[AlexandrBorschchev]

I want to learn gui programming with c++ not because it is faster or i want to create gui apps, it is because i want to learn c++.

[factfactory]

The reason why I'm learning C++ is because it's difficult and is needed to build the most complex of programs. I want to code with a mans language.

[DirkArnez]

YES, C++ GUI is difficult - but big companies like Adobe, vmware... use C++ for gui (even some may build their own GUI libraries on C++), and this fact just makes me "ignore" GUIs from other languages and stick to C++.

It sucks when good software are written beautifully in other languages at the very beginning but later on found it needs a rewrite in C++ for performance boost - sounds harsh but really do not like doing things "again".

For small developers, it is still relevant to programming in C++ GUI with lightweight GUI libraries like "FLTK", "Dear ImGui", etc, just to name a few.

[alangraton]

I was needing this video dude!!! Thank u soo much, keep up with the great content ^-^

[Broyuz]

The reason I learned CPP is because I have advanced app ideas. And I won't code them in baby language!

[SzBenedek]

I am on a low end laptop, so I DO need every ounce of performance.

[ouo]

wow! I tangled with this for a long time...thank you for the great suggestions!

[konstantinrebrov]

If there is a will and there is a way, I don't see why not. If I want to use C++ to code GUI applications, and of course there are lots of tutorials about that, then why not do it? I don't want to learn a whole another programming language (C#) just for creating GUI applications. I would rather learn just the GUI toolkit for C++, it would be less of things to learn. And also I need GUI for my C++ applications. For example I am having a network chat project in C++, I want to create the GUI for it. There are a lot of C++ projects that a GUI would be useful, because terminal interface is just not ideal.

[jumbo]

Now I'm learning to code program for microcontroller like Arduino and ESP32 which use C++.
I want to create Windows form to send data between pc and microcontroller.
So which should I go for, C++ or C#?

[wrmusic]

And here I am trying to make a GUI app using the plain C++ with no frameworks

[KeyserTheRedBeard]

good content Sciber. I killed the thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the high-quality work.

[JohnWickXD]

Most honest man ever...Thanks for the precious advice ❤

[nicson]

Hmmmm... and in C# you can write an operating system such as MacOS?

[mahamadkher]

We want you to expand the explanation of the GUI in a way that can be understood by both beginners and experts ...please

[jarjar]

i have seen fireship before and for some reason i feel like this video even more ai generated.

[neverix_]

you forgot to include how easy it is to interact with windows using c++

[zfl]

Only problem with C# is you need to learn a 2nd language to do GUI/desktop apps: XAML. That's BS. Yes, I am aware of C# markup but again, not its primary purpose, not nearly as supported or documented and is still kind of a 2nd language-ish.

If there was a well supported and documented C# GUI pathway, I'd take it. WinForms doesn't count as it is almost deprecated and still I have to muddle about with a little bit of XAML to access modern UWP non-Win32 applications.

C++23 learned without its older baggage is quite a saucy, speedy, and yes, safe even, language when used properly.

Yet, I'd still trade it (situationally) for development time simplicity if I could use pure C# for GUI apps.

[dillusions]

If you would like to learn similar UI like winforms or WPF, you can learn Qt with widgets or QML.

[gammyhorse]

For GUI development Delphi is the King and Lazarus which comes totally free.

[Manas-cowl]

I'm sorry but QT is still my goto to build desktop "apps" and I don't think that will change in a long while. I will consider learning other languages for mobile apps or web gui.

edit: I did some searching and apparently "c++ gui" is an actual framework or something and I did not know that