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Working with GUI APIs

This chapter introduces us to the principles of working with GUI APIs. This

chapter:

• identifies the GUI element as the fundamental entity in GUI API program-
ming;

• describes the process of building GUI applications: the front-end layout
design and the back-end programming support;

• differentiates front-end GUI elements from the back-end control variables;

• demonstrates the above principles based on a GUI API;

• demonstrates how to extend, organize, and customize a GUI API for the
needs of our application.
After this chapter we should:

• understand the approach to learning a modern GUI API;

• be able to design/discuss implementation of GUI applications independent
from API technologies;
In addition, with respect to hands-on programming, we should:

• understand source code of simple GUI applications independent of the im-
plementation API technologies;

• be able to implement simple GUI applications based on MFC.

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