FLTK Platform

[jason]

Hi there

If any of you are familiar with Netbeans, you will know that there is something called the 'Netbeans Platform', which is a pre-configured framework with all the standard bells and whistles for your average forms-based application: E.G.
- Main Window
- Menu (File, Open, Save, Help - all functional)
- Toolbar with shortcuts to menu above
- Perhaps an OK or Cancel button (ala MFC wizard?)
- etc.

Lately I have found myself writing quite a few new FLTK based apps and I always seem to be reinventing the wheel. Is there an out-of-the-box skeleton framework I can re-use for this purpose? If not then should I release one? I specifically need a v1.3.x example but it should exist for all versions I reckon.

Cheers
Jason

[Edzard Egberts]

Post by jason
pre-configured
framework with all the standard bells and whistles for your average
forms-based application: E.G. - Main Window - Menu (File, Open, Save,
Help - all functional)

I know this kind of frameworks from Microsoft and Borland and one of my
reasons to use fltk was, that they doesn't match my needs. That means, I
didn't use the framework, but I worked aroud it, because most of my
applications doesn't match this "standars scheme".

Post by jason
Lately I have found myself writing quite a few new FLTK based apps
and I always seem to be reinventing the wheel. Is there an
out-of-the-box skeleton framework I can re-use for this purpose?

So you can copy your own projects.

[MacArthur, Ian (Selex ES, UK)]

Post by jason
If any of you are familiar with Netbeans, you will know that there is
something called the 'Netbeans Platform', which is a pre-configured
framework with all the standard bells and whistles for your average
forms-based application: E.G.
- Main Window
- Menu (File, Open, Save, Help - all functional)
- Toolbar with shortcuts to menu above
- Perhaps an OK or Cancel button (ala MFC wizard?)
- etc.
Lately I have found myself writing quite a few new FLTK based apps and
I always seem to be reinventing the wheel. Is there an out-of-the-box
skeleton framework I can re-use for this purpose? If not then should I
release one? I specifically need a v1.3.x example but it should exist
for all versions I reckon.

It's an interesting idea, but I have to confess I never found them (predefined templates and frameworks) all that helpful in the past.

Certainly, I have had "better" (in the sense of being quicker, easier, and better tailored to my needs) results just throwing together an initial "template" in fluid then building out from that.

But I have no idea what suits others in terms of workflow and such...

Contributions welcome of course!

Cheers,
--
Ian





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