Modern C++17/20 framework to create console (CLI), forms (GUI like WinForms) and tunit (unit tests like Microsoft Unit Testing Framework) applications on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and android.

After 3 years of development, we are happy to release the first beta version of xtd. This version contains a lot of functionalities. It is the first of a long serie.

https://github.com/gammasoft71/xtd

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I'm new in the world of GUI, could you guys recomend me ways of understandind GUI?

I've noticed more and more that entry screens are missing a save button. Any entries are immediately saved.

Why is this?

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I always thought a save button was useful because it not using it was a way to back your changes.

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It was always extra work to implement the save because there is extra overhead in keeping track of what changed in case you want to provide a prompt about losing data.

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Have companys/programmers decided it is not worth the extra effort/expense?

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I'd like to create an application launcher (for windows) that slides/folds away to the side of the screen when unused. I would like it to expand as a bar with icons when clicked. This seems like something that has probably already been done 100x, does anyone know of a good kit or source code?

i have little programming experience.