WxWidgets

wxWidgets, formerly known as wxWindows, is an open source cross-platform GUI framework. There are bindings for most of the commonly used languages:

C++ -
Python - wxPython
Perl - wxPerl
Lua - wxLua
Ruby
Basic - wxBasic
Java
JavaScript - wxJavaScript
Haskell
Eiffel - wxEiffel
C#/.NET - wx.NET

These enable a program to compile and run on several computer platforms with only minimal code changes. wxWidgets is set apart from other such kits not only by its extensive coverage of functionality (graphics, network, etc.), but also by its ability to use "native" gadgets and, if needed, emulate foreign ones, giving the resulting program the look and feel of the platform it runs on.

wxWidgets was started in 1992 by Julian Smart. It covers systems like Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux/Unix (for X11, Motif, and GTK), OpenVMS, and OS/2. An embedded version is being worked on.

Name change from wxWindows to wxWidgets

On February 20th, 2004, it was announced that wxWindows would be changing its name to wxWidgets following discussions between Julian Smart and Microsoft regarding Microsoft's United Kingdom trademark of the term Windows.

External links

Official homepage

Name change announcement