Should I use an IDE for GUI development?

I have never wrote a GUI before and am wondering if I should use an IDE such as Glade (or something else) or if I should write everything by hand? I want to develop with GTK. What do you guys suggest?
EDIT:
Also the reason I was thinking of using GTK was because I am making a front end for a project I wrote in C. From looking around it seems people like QT over GTK. Is it difficult to use QT (C++) with C code?
Thanks
Last edited by pavekt (2010-06-11 13:07:18)

A lot of informal polls I've seen indicate coding GUIs by hand is more common than using a designer. That said, there is nothing "wrong" with using a designer and they can be extremely helpful in some projects.
To put it simply--try both and find what works best for you and your project. That is what you should use.
Same goes for using an IDE. If Vim gives you everything you want, great. If you love Eclipse and use it for everything, well that's great too. Choice FTW!!
No one can make these decisions for you (except your boss... )
Last edited by xenobrain (2010-06-11 20:08:10)

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