[vtkusers] GUI integration

[David Doria]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Nicolas Clemeur <nclemeur at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am in the process of choosing how to integrate vtk with a GUI, and
> it is not really clear which way to go, so I would appreciate any
> advice. I need a cross platform solution (Windows and Linux). I have
> some experience with wxWidgets and Java.  At this stage I would rather
> use Java over C++, so my first inclination would be to use vtk + vtk
> Java wrapper + java. Anyone would have any comments on this solution.
> I saw there were some memory problems with the Java wrapper, and it's
> not clear to me if these have been solved in the latest release. Could
> anyone confirm. I have a little bit worked with wxWidgets + vtk and it
> worked fine but I find my-self really more productive in Java, so if
> there is not real problem with that solution I would choose it. I am
> kind of tempted by the python wrapping (+ wxPython), but this would be
> another layer to learn again and another world (python) to discover.
> Are the python wrappers much better than the Java one for example?...
> So I would appreciate any advice on the matter...
>
> Best regards
>
> Nicolas
>
>
I know you said you're familiar with Java and wxWidgets, but another
possibility is Qt with c++. There are a few examples to get you going here:

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples#Qt
<http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples#Qt>
Thanks,

David
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