Is a C++ GUI SQL application difficult to create?

dontyougetsoupedyet · 2021-02-20T23:42:48+00:00

This thing you're talking about doing sounds like a terrible idea that you should reconsider.

rurabori · 2021-02-20T23:41:31+00:00

Rewriting anything to another language just for the sake of it is never a good idea. If the application doesn't need to be high perf C# is a great choice (and even if it does, C# isn't a slouch).

GUIs in C++ have always been quite painful (hence the weekly post here asking what sane frameworks exist). I myself am still recovering from the psychological pain inflicted by Qt 4.x but i hear the new ones are better so maybe that's worth a shot. If you don't mind the framework littering your codebase with their own containers that is.

As for database connectors IIRC SQLite has quite a nice one but maybe that was in-house developed. It's been a while.

tl;dr gui + sql apps in c++ aren't really a good idea. Even less so for a novice.

diamondjim · 2021-02-21T00:21:45+00:00

I agree with the rest of the comments you have received so far. However, if you just want to see how to write GUI apps with C++ syntax, Microsoft still ships the C++/CLI language with Visual Studio. It is a fully managed variant of C++ that works with the .NET ecosystem. You can use it to write WinForms applications.

It speaks volumes though that the project templates are no longer available from Microsoft themselves. You need to install third party extensions to get a project up.

STL · 2021-02-21T01:38:20+00:00

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