suggestions sought for a framework for a quick, dirty, really simple GUI prototype

[Shimon Panfil]

Quoting Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org>:

> Hi,
>
> I have no - literally zero - experience in creating GUIs of any kind. I
> face the following task now: there is a C++ program that runs on Linux and
> basically receives some packets with some data over the network and does
> some transformations on the data. As a result some data structures are
> created and updated - potentially many times a second, say, a few times a
> second for any *single piece* of data. I need a *prototype* GUI that would
> display and constantly update (parts of) those structures, say strings and
> numbers with colours and labels and stuff. There may be a need for a
> drop-down menu for some configuration - don't know yet. Eventually maybe a
> button or two will be added to invoke some actions.
>
> I figure that the simplest way about it would be to make the GUI run on the
> same Linux machine and write it in C++ for ease of integration. What would
> be the easiest / simplest framework to use? Is it Qt? Ultimate++ (
> http://www.ultimatepp.org/ - just one of the things I found in a simple and
> brief search)? Since I have no experience it's difficult for me to judge
> quickly.
>
> What is important here is speed and painless ramp-up to some fairly low
> level. I want to be up and running as fast as possible with as little
> coding as possible. No need for bells and whistles. No need for long term
> maintenance. It is for a throw away demo/prototype - and yes, I am sure it
> (the GUI part) will be thrown away.
>
> Any suggestions / experiences / war stories / whatever?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org <oleg at goldshmidt.org>
>

Tcl/Tk !!! Used it several times, it was made exactly for that.
S.

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