Re: [Radiator-devel] [Fwd: wxWin]

[Patrick M. <bo...@in...>]

> i talked to tim yesterday and just wanted to make clear that the gui is
> _my_  part, i know i am developing quite slowly but i want to learn
> c++/c
> :)

It was _I_ who suggested to Tim to for him to take over the gui
stuff.

Making a complete gui is a very complex task. It is not a matter of
drawing rectangles and moving them around. It's a set of concepts of
data related to views and views related to data and managing updates
between the two relations. I therefore do NOT believe it's appropriate
for a person learning c++ to start things off by writing a gui. Some
of the most complex design patterns are of use specifically (or only)
within a gui environment.

The GUI is what our whole project will be judged upon by our pairs. In
other words, if the gui stinks, the whole project stinks.

As of now, the quality of the gui doesn't matter. But as soon as we
will want our project to become 'public', we will need a very efficient
gui. At that time, if lynx's gui hasnt reached that level, i believe
another gui will have to be developped in parallel. There's no such
thing as some part being one's own. We're all in this together.

In summary, we're ALL in this to learn, myself included. But one's
learning shall NOT be the source of delay of the whole project.


Pat Mahoney, no 22