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Separating the program’s UI from the implementation code of its methods is very helpful for improving development efficiency and code readability. Mainstream UI libraries such as Qt, wxWidgets, and GTK each have their own implementation approaches, which will be demonstrated below.

1. wxWidgets project based on XRC

1.1 Write XRC file

wxWidgets supports defining the UI through XML format and saving it as an XRC file. Using XRC files allows for separating the interface from the code, but the downside is that the released program will be slightly larger compared to the non-XRC version.

When I previously tried xrepo, I learned that conda can also manage C++ projects¹. Now, I will verify this with some commonly used libraries. The conda installation process will not be detailed here; it is recommended to refer to the official documentation². Since the libraries provided by conda are often released in dynamically linked form, in order to ensure that the packaged output of the program can run properly, I will attempt to use CMake to automatically package the dependent library files.

I was accustomed to using CMake and vcpkg on Windows to compile C/C++ programs. However, vcpkg has a drawback: each time it is updated, it requires downloading the source code from GitHub to compile the library files. For large libraries like Qt, the compilation alone can take an entire day, which is impractical, not to mention connection issues caused by DNS problems.

First, let’s outline the requirements. The main requirements for a C/C++ package manager are as follows: