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If you're just getting started, you should check out the tutorials. If you're looking for information on specific widgets or features, consult the reference manual and widget gallery. Check our Redmine for forums, issues, and wiki.

Introduction

Introduction and tutorials

If you're just getting started with Wt, these tutorials are good place to start.

Reference Manual

Use the reference documentation to see which classes and functions are included in Wt and how they should be used.
Wt 4 reference
Wt 3 reference

Build and install

Community

Widget Gallery

The widget gallery showcases most widgets available in Wt, with the source code to accomplish these examples. It's a good way to see what Wt has to offer and to get a feel for how these features can be used.
Go to the widget gallery

Examples

Choose an example:

Hello world!

This simple example illustrates most of the basic Wt concepts:

  • How to make a minimal Wt application, using WRun() to start the web server, and a function to create a new WApplication, corresponding to a new session.
  • Creating widgets, and adding them to the widget tree.
  • Reacting to events using the signal/slot mechanism.
  • Reading user input and updating widgets.