So I’ve been programming in c++ and I’m ready to step up to making gui applications and I’ve heard QT is practically the best and only option I have but I don’t have that money and the trial only lasts 10-30 days.. so what can I do?..

You don't get all the features but there is a free version of Qt

@SoulOfSet is it a trial? If not thank you a lot

No. The commercial version has a trial. The open source version is free of use. Keep in mind the licensing restrictions though if you use the open source version on software you publish

wxWidgets?

1) if you call gui applications step up, you srsly gotta learn cli more
2) qt is everything but a cutie. Use any other framework

Also there is a free community version for foss projects

Huh, why is making a GUI a step up?

Whats the purpose of the GUI? To learn? Or to make a product?

Why not use Cocoa or WPF/Universal Windows Application?

QT is probably the worst example of a good UI framework. Its also probably the worst example of making a functional application :o

What's wrong with GTK? In contrast to Qt is doesn't look like shit. Although I never tried to do anything with it. I made some Qt stuff in python yeeears ago, that was kinda fun though. But when I think about Qt now, 2 things come to mind:
- paid (yea yea, oss version too)
- KDE, which is as inconsistent looking and buggy as it gets.. I ran back to my trusty gnome as quickly as I could.

I guess it's viable for embedded systems with custom UIs.

@mzeffect I havent looked into it, is it easier to set uup and get started with?

@gnulinuxer4fun C++ isnt my first language Ive made many GUI's in Python. I understand the difference but It hasnt been too different

@gnulinuxer4fun @D--M i believe it's because it's harder to make a gui in c++ than a cli. the actual application may not be better, but it may be harder to program.

@calmyourtities not at all... Its just finnicky because of relative coordinates

@gnulinuxer4fun ha ok