Outline of Music Tagger Program
Note: this is an old, old post and an old, old plan! Don't hold your breath for this one.
A few months ago, I stumbled upon a cute little GUI library called Qt (pun intended) for the first time. Yes, I do live under a rock. The truth is, most of my coding experience has either been web development (LAMP stack), Python, or Java. Since some wise person told me that Java and C++ are the bread and butter of the computer programming world, I realized I had better get my butt in gear and start learning C++. I'll tell you now, it's hard to learn. There, I said it. C++ is hard!
Anyways, I figured the best way to learn C++ is to start a big ol' project and see it all the way through. I decided to create an app that can analyze the information in my music library and fix errors. I started by making it a command line program... BORING. Why not make it a shiny, lickable GUI? Well, after a bit of research I decided Qt would be my man. I've waited a few weeks for Qt 4.7 to come out, so now I'm ready. This will be my setup for the project.
Environment
- Operating system: Windows 7, 64-bit
- IDE: QtCreator 2.0.1
- Compiler: MinGW
- Note: I'm using the LGPL Qt 4.7 SDK for Windows (with MinGW) bundled