Interactive UI Programming with C++ and ImGui [2024]

Learn how to do UI in C++ with Dear ImGui, BGFX and GLFW

Created by: Hristo Iliev
Senior Gameplay Programmer & Co-Founder of Paper Cranes Ltd.

What Will I Learn?

• Create 2D graphical applications using C++
• Use GLFW for windowing and keyboard and mouse inputs
• Use the GLM library for basic 2D mathematics
• Work with multiple windows
• Create UI with the help of ImGui
• Multiple ImGui controls for logic
• How to initialize BGFX for graphics programming
• Good coding standards and google coding style
• How to create custom UI themes and controls with ImGui
• How to draw lines and shapes in ImGui
• How to process input and other ImGui events

Requirements

• Understand Basic C++

Target audience

• Beginner C++ developers who want to learn more about UI programming
• Game programmers with knowledge about C++ who want to go deeper into graphics and UI
• Programmers that want to create low-level tools with C++