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Article #530Re: Seeking very user-friendly, drag-and-drop GUI design tool.
From: Corey Murtagh
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:28
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:28
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Steven O. wrote: > I am seeking some kind of tool that I can use for GUI prototyping. I > know how to use Visual Basic, but since a lot of software is being > coded in Java or C++, I'd like to learn a Java or C++ -based tool. > Back when I took my Java and C++ classes (two or three years ago), the > available tools -- at least the ones I could find -- were still not as > easy, not as "drag-and-drop", as Visual Basic. Has that changed? > > Is there some software out there that I could use, maybe some Borland > or Sun product, that makes it very easy to design a basic GUI? The > same tool could almost surely be used to build the behind-the-scenes > code as well, but I'd leave that to pros. I just want to be able to > create screen mockups of the GUI, and let someone else actually build > the code that makes it work. Ideally, I'd like to find a tool where > there is a "Personal" edition that's free, or very, very cheap. Try Borland Delphi or Borland C++ Builder. They used to do a Personal Edition that you could download and use for free... couldn't add any third-party components to it, couldn't run programs outside the IDE, etc. but good for getting an idea about the whole thing. If you're willing to go to Java there are a few free IDEs that might be useful, but I don't know if any of them come with a GUI designer. Perhaps one of the friendly Java people could assist with that. -- Corey Murtagh The Electric Monk "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!"
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