Simple tutorial

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"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?