Window creation

C++

Using SDL:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <SDL.h>

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
  if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to initialize SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
    return false;
  }
  atexit(SDL_Quit); // Clean it up nicely :)

  return 0;
}

mIRC

Compiler: mIRC

Switches: C = Center Window p = Picture Window d = Desktop Window

alias CreateMyWindow {
 .window -Cp +d @WindowName 600 480
}

Python

Interpreter: Python 2.4, 2.5

Using Tkinter:

 import tkinter
 
 w = tkinter.Tk()
 w.mainloop()

Using wxPython:

 from wxPython.wx import *
 
 class MyApp(wxApp):
   def OnInit(self):
     frame = wxFrame(NULL, -1, "Hello from wxPython")
     frame.Show(true)
     self.SetTopWindow(frame)
     return true
 
 app = MyApp(0)
 app.MainLoop()

Using Pythonwin:

 import win32ui
 from pywin.mfc.dialog import Dialog
 
 d = Dialog(win32ui.IDD_SIMPLE_INPUT)
 d.CreateWindow()

Using PyGTK:

 import gtk
 
 window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
 window.show()
 gtk.main()

Ruby

Interpreter: Ruby 1.8.5

Using Tk:

require 'tk'

window = TkRoot::new()
window::mainloop()

Using GTK:

require 'gtk2'

window = Gtk::Window.new.show
Gtk.main

RapidQ

  create form as qform
     center
     width=500
     height=400
  end create
  form.showModal