The following is a response by Edward Ream to a common question, -"What's the best way to learn wxWindows [and C++]?".
+"What's the best way to learn wxWidgets [and C++]?".
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 14:37:06 -0500
+Reply-To: wx-users@wxwidgets.org
-> Reading the Linux Journal article on wxpython, and having used wxclips
+> Reading the Linux Journal article on wxpython, and having used wxclips
-I'm new to wxWindows myself, but I'd like to answer this question
+I'm new to wxWidgets myself, but I'd like to answer this question
anyway. In the past two years I've learned two similar frameworks
(Apple's Yellow Box, aka NextStep/OpenStep and Borland's C++
Builder/Delphi) and last year I became a C++ enthusiast after 20 years
@@ -47,21 +47,21 @@ of using C.
The major Aha for me was that the complexity of C++ doesn't matter in
practice. What _does_ matter is that C++ allows you to do simple things
-simply, more simply than C. With a system like wxWindows you will be
+simply, more simply than C. With a system like wxWidgets you will be
creating objects and then using those objects to call methods. So don't
be afraid of C++: you'll only be using the easy tip of the
iceberg.
Besides the C++ Programming Language, by Bjarne Stroustrup, the
"official" guide to C++, I highly recommend Inside the C++ Object Model,
-by Stanley B. Lippman. (Lipmann was one of the C++ honchos at Bell
+by Stanley B. Lippman. (Lippman was one of the C++ honchos at Bell
Labs.) This book will tell you what _not_ to do, as well as why
everything in C++ is as it is. If you are confused by anything in C++,
Lippman's book is the cure.
About applications frameworks.
-Application frameworks such as wxWindows are organized around a set of
+Application frameworks such as wxWidgets are organized around a set of
cooperating classes. Take a look at the main application class, wxApp,
some frame and panel classes, graphics classes, menu classes, control
classes, etc. In general, to do anything in a framework involves
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ and then calling methods using those objects.
Learn as much as you can about the String class; after using a good
String class you'll never want to use C's string functions again.
-wxWindows contains other nifty utilty classes as well.
+wxWidgets contains other nifty utility classes as well.
The application class, wxApp, contains the main event loop. Learn about
event handling and event tables (reading sample code will help). Almost
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ events. Having the event loop written for you is a major, major
benefit.
I hope this helps. Perhaps we can work together in learning about
-wxWindows. Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have. If
-I've made any blunders in this posting I hope the wxWindows experts will
+wxWidgets. Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have. If
+I've made any blunders in this posting I hope the wxWidgets experts will
correct me gently.
Edward
From: "Edward K. Ream"
-To: wx-users@wxwindows.org
+To: wx-users@wxwidgets.org
Subject: Re: [wx-users] How to learn using wx-windows
-Reply-To: wx-users@wxwindows.org
-> I got interested in wxwindows as a development interface. However, the
-> programming experience I got is old, and from a former generation (For-
-> tran). I'd like to refresh my experience and start in C++. Will
-> wx-windows be a very high step to take?
+> I got interested in wxwidgets as a development interface. However, the
+> programming experience I got is old, and from a former generation (For-
+> tran). I'd like to refresh my experience and start in C++. Will
+> wx-windows be a very high step to take?