Simple tutorial

[Daniel White]

That seems great actually. Would it rival using the speed
that you would gain from using Microsoft Visual Studio
GUI components?

Also, what would you recommend for the graphics?
Is SDL a good choice? Bear in mind I want blazing
fast pixel access/display.

Cheers,
Dan

Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:

> "Daniel White" <twinbee41 at skytopia.com> wrote in message 
> news:f87rs0$1oja$1 at digitalmars.com...
> > To start, I would like to make a simple window where I can load an image 
> > (using the standard Windows load window), and where I can use a simple 
> > slider at the top to change the brightness of the loaded image. (the image 
> > would update on the fly as I altered the slider) Really simple, but uses 
> > GFX, and GUI components. Bear in mind that I want to manually change the 
> > pixel values myself (we can store all 24 bit pixels in a x*y*c array), and 
> > I want them updated and lightning speed.
> >
> > I want the best/fastest extensions that will allow me to make this program 
> > using D. Can anyone recommend which ones to use, and also if there's 
> > already a tutorial anywhere which will allow me to make something similar 
> > from absolute scratch. How would such a setup compare to the fastest way 
> > to do it in C?
> 
> Have a look at DFL: http://www.dprogramming.com/dfl.php
> 
> It's a very easy-to-use Windows forms library (I get the impression you're 
> using Windows; DFL only supports Windows right now).  It comes with several 
> example programs to get you started.
> 
> That page also has a link to Entice Designer, a form designer that's a lot 
> like Visual Studio's (though much less bloated).  Entice is slowly evolving 
> into a lightweight IDE as well.
> 
> > I like to use a basic text editor for coding, rather than a bloated 
> > developer's enviroment.
> 
> Had a look at www.context.cx?  Or do you already have something that you're 
> comfortable with? 
> 
>