Resources

This page aims to provide an overview what resources (documentation, communication channels, etc) are available to wxWidgets programmers. wxWidgets documentation is rather fragmented, so new users are encouraged to read this document to quickly find their way in the available channels.

Reference material

• The wxWidgets Documentation Browser provides a nice frontend for searching though various resources.
• The 'Documentation'-section of wxwidgets.org holds much valuable information. Especially the full online documentation is invaluable. (There is also a wiki version of the online documentation which has some nice user contributed notes.) The most important sections are:
  • The Alphabetical class reference is something most developers will want to have handy at all times while programming with wxWidgets.
  • The same goes for the Functions and macros page.
  • The Topic overviews are very good articles on specific features/concepts.
• You can quickly access these docs from your browser using Browser-Shortcuts For The Online Docs
• This wiki itself provides documentation, tips, gotcha's etc., and plenty of links to relevant sections in the official docs. Don't forget to try a search on the left menu if you're looking for something specific.
• How To Become A WxWidgets Expert - Recommended reading, tips, and roadmaps to becoming an expert.
• In the 'docs/tech' directory of the distribution, there is documentation for developers working on wxWidgets itself.

Tutorials

• The tutorials section of wxwindows.org lists some pretty decent ones, expecially the one by David Beech (PDF version thanks to Johannes Elsinghorst).
• http://www.horstmann.com/ccc.html has a lecture slide download that contains a chapter on programming in wxWidgets. Download the slide.zip file and look in the ch18 folder.
• http://code.technoplaza.net/wx-sdl/ A tutorial on using wxWidgets and SDL together.
• http://code.technoplaza.net/wxNibbles/ A tutorial on event-driven game programming using wxWidgets.

Getting Help

• The wxWidgets mailing lists are very active. Be sure to search the archives and read the mailing list howto.
  • To subscribe to the wx-users list, send a blank email to: mailto:[email protected]
  • To subscribe to the wx-users list in digest mode, email: mailto:[email protected]
• The newsgroup [1] (also via Google Groups) should be a mirror of the wx-users mailing list - note that some messages don't seem to come though.
• The GMane [2] group gmane.comp.lib.wxwindows.general is also a (two way) mirror of the wx-users mailing list.
• The official wxWidgets Discussion Forum.
• The #wxwidgets IRC channel on Freenode is usually not very crowded, but the folks are generally well-tempered and helpful. Read this, then drop by and share the fun!
• wxWidgets' SourceForge Project Page - Search for and post bugs and patches here.
• Code Snippet for wxWidgets - Search for wxWidgets specific code snippets.

Other Resources

• Graphics - Graphics to use in your programs.