scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart M Castergine) (06/13/91)
I'm interested in something that will help create user interface code for me (in C). A friend suggested that it would be a good way to learn about what goes into user interface code, and recommended ProtoTyper because he said it generated pretty good, commented code. I understand AppMaker also does somethig similar (am I right?)). Can anyone give me any pointers or recommndations, comparisons? I know AppMaker can generated code for THINK C's Class Library, which is what I have. I like that, and it will be useful when I am ready to consider diving into the world of object-oriented programming, but can it also generate standard procedural code? What is the scope of the kind of things that these programs can do? How well do they handle calls to various managers: print manager, notification manager, etc.? Do they attempt to take care of clip regions and redrawing and all that muck? Where do their capabilities leave off and my own capabilities come in. I don't want something that will always do all the programming for me, but I am looking for somethin gthat will also double as a teaching tool, so the more it knows, the more I can learn from it. Thanks! My .sig gets chopped off by Pnews, because OSU only allows sigs of 4 lines or less, but this was a quotation I really liked. I could fit the whole quotation, but not the attribution. It is by Tacitus, the ancient Roman historian, writing about the subjugation of the British to Roman rule. I found it in "A History of the English-Speaking People" by Winston Churchill, Volume I. A good read if you like history, especially considering that the author himself is an historical figure of legendary proportions. There, you've been exposed to something non-computer-related today. Wasn't that fun? Didn't I -- scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Stuart M Castergine "Step by step they were led to practices which disposed to vice -- the lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance they called civilisation, when it was but part of their servitude."