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by Friday_ 1535 days ago
It's usually needed only minor part of it. You dont need to code whole GUI library. Only what you need to solve specific task.
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No, but if your GUI involves displaying text in multiple languages (i.e., virtually everything), you now need to become an expert in text rendering (which implies a significant breadth of knowledge in linguistics, graphics programming, constraint solving systems [for things like word wrapping], etc).