gui interface design program?

Question

i have to do a project, in which i have to design an interface for a program... what is the best software for this please

Answer 1

The most likely platform for your program is Microsoft Windows, because that's where most Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) applications run.



In that case, I would design it in Windows Presentation Foundation ( WPF ), using Microsoft Visual Studio. You should choose a language type of C#, not Visual Basic.NET.



If you use WPF, you will be ready to immediately code the rest of the application if it goes to that stage.



You can get a free development environment here for C# for Windows:



Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/

This may allow WPF projects. If not, you would need a full version of Visual Studio.



WPF is Microsoft's strategic platform for GUIs on Windows PCs. Web is separate and might be Silverlight ( based on WPF ) or HTML 5.



If you are designing a web site, the answers would be different, but you said 'program', so I am assuming a PC-based application.



There are other tools like Microsoft Expression Blend and Expression Design that you might want to evaluate as well.



At the end of the day, you have to make your own decision, and what I recommend based on my experience may not be suitable for you.

Answer 2

As far as I'm concerned, you do it yourself. It depends on your programming environment and language. Pretty well every programming language editor nowadays will be able to lay out your interface exactly the way you want it. Do you know what an interface for a program actually is? It's just where the buttons are, what they do and how the basic input of your programs works.



Above all, you just have to get the interface to match what you want to do. Make sure that every button does something, that they are labelled accurately, with tips that appear as you hover over them, if it's not already obvious what's going on, nice layout, and my favourite is making sure that any idiot who double-clicks when they should single-click doesn't end up exiting the program or deleting all the files.

Answer 3

Hmmmm... ...if you are just new to programming, then the program I would recommend to you would be Visual Basic.

Now Visual Basic is sometimes known as Visual Studio and if you should need any help with it, just check out Microsoft's own support network totally free of charge, MSDN.

The interface, for extra information, is the bit of the program that is the form but NOT the code...

Form->buttons, list boxes, input boxes, radio buttons ect...
Code->loops, declarations, if/case statements ect...

You could also design the interface on paper with pen and pencil or in MS Paint :)

Hope I've helped :)

Answer 4

If all you need to do is DESIGN the interface and it isn't a prototype then you can use VISIO. It has templates for windows GUI's.



If you want more complexity, you can do the same thing in Enterprise Architect which allows you to design software in UML and also has the ability to design interfaces.

Answer 5

Keep in mind, for an application source code is divided like that:

-10% effective algorytm (what the app really doing)

-10% error&protective code (safe code against dumb users)

-80% user interface



;)

Answer 6

If you just want to design it and it doesn't need to do anything then I'd probably just use Visual Basic Express (it's free). Drag whatever controls you need onto the form and format them as required - you don't need to add any code if it doesn't need to do anything.

Answer 7

Paint? GIMP? Paint.net? Assuming you just need the design, not working code. If you need working code, we need to know the programming language you'll be writing it in.

Answer 8

Try liberty basic...free trial..http://www.libertybasic.com/