41 Graphical User Interfaces
Having dealt exclusively with console applications up to now—that is, programs that have a purely text-based interface to the user—the tingling in our fingers and thus the urge to step to a graphical user interface (GUI) can no longer be suppressed. In contrast to the text-oriented interface of console applications, programs with a graphical interface are more intuitive to use, more graphically appealing, and generally perceived as more modern. Above all, a GUI consists of windows. Within these windows, you can place any kind of controls. Controls, often referred to as widgets, are individual control units that make up the GUI as a whole. For example, a button or a text field is a control.
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