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Anybody using this in production? I just transitioned one of my teams from Qt to wxWidgets for cross platform GUI development. I would be interested to hear wha

by janice1999 2y ago

Anybody using this in production? I just transitioned one of my teams from Qt to wxWidgets for cross platform GUI development. I would be interested to hear what people think of U++ for desktop native GUIs.

levzettelin 2y ago
https://www.ultimatepp.org/www$uppweb$vswx$en-us.html https://www.ultimatepp.org/www$uppweb$vswx$en-us.html
jansommer 2y ago
Out of curiosity, why did you make the switch? Licensing?
- janice1999 2y ago
  > Licensing Pretty much. Some of the paid Qt module look interesting, but the clarity of wxWidgets license made is easier for us to deal with our legal department when releasing new products.
  - jansommer 2y ago
    Has it had an impact on your productivity? Are developers shipping faster, same pace as before or slower? Would be super interesting to know if legal has increased productivity through bureaucracy, or how much a decrease in say 20% is costing the company - which is something that probably could be a fast track back to Qt. Sorry if I'm coming off as a salesman here!
  - ranger_danger 2y ago
    What about the LGPL isn't clear enough to abandon the entire framework?
  - stefanos82 2y ago
    If you like using Qt but you also want a more modernize C++ version of it, you can try https://github.com/copperspice/copperspice/ https://github.com/copperspice/copperspice/ and I'm pretty sure its license have you covered.
    - _huayra_ 2y ago
      The folks behind that framework also have an amazing Youtube channel [0] where they talk about complicated C++ topics in great clarity (well, as great as one can expect for such a complicated language). They don't post often, but when they do, it's almost always a gem. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@CopperSpice https://www.youtube.com/@CopperSpice
mgaunard 2y ago
sounds like a step backward to be honest
dagw 2y ago
What's wxWidgets like these days? I used it a lot 10ish years ago and found that while it worked great for simple things, once you tried to create anything even slightly complex it was both buggy and undocumented.

levzettelin 2y ago

https://www.ultimatepp.org/www$uppweb$vswx$en-us.html https://www.ultimatepp.org/www$uppweb$vswx$en-us.html

jansommer 2y ago

Out of curiosity, why did you make the switch? Licensing?

janice1999 2y ago
> Licensing Pretty much. Some of the paid Qt module look interesting, but the clarity of wxWidgets license made is easier for us to deal with our legal department when releasing new products.
- jansommer 2y ago
  Has it had an impact on your productivity? Are developers shipping faster, same pace as before or slower? Would be super interesting to know if legal has increased productivity through bureaucracy, or how much a decrease in say 20% is costing the company - which is something that probably could be a fast track back to Qt. Sorry if I'm coming off as a salesman here!
- ranger_danger 2y ago
  What about the LGPL isn't clear enough to abandon the entire framework?
- stefanos82 2y ago
  If you like using Qt but you also want a more modernize C++ version of it, you can try https://github.com/copperspice/copperspice/ https://github.com/copperspice/copperspice/ and I'm pretty sure its license have you covered.
  - _huayra_ 2y ago
    The folks behind that framework also have an amazing Youtube channel [0] where they talk about complicated C++ topics in great clarity (well, as great as one can expect for such a complicated language). They don't post often, but when they do, it's almost always a gem. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@CopperSpice https://www.youtube.com/@CopperSpice

mgaunard 2y ago

sounds like a step backward to be honest

dagw 2y ago

What's wxWidgets like these days? I used it a lot 10ish years ago and found that while it worked great for simple things, once you tried to create anything even slightly complex it was both buggy and undocumented.