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digitalmars.D.learn - Desktop app with vibe.d

reply GreatSam4sure <greatsam4sure gmail.com> writes:
Pls I want to know if it is possible to build desktop app with 
vibe.d just like nodejs. I am not satisfy with the GUI of Dlang 
such as dlangui and gtkd. I don't think they have good styling 
capabilities like HTML and CSS.

I will be happy if I can build an app in D with fanciful ui. I 
will also be happy if you know any other way to build a fanciful 
ui in D like adobe flex, javafx, etc.
Aug 12 2019
next sibling parent Max Haughton <maxhaton gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 12 August 2019 at 10:41:57 UTC, GreatSam4sure wrote:

 Pls I want to know if it is possible to build desktop app with 
 vibe.d just like nodejs. I am not satisfy with the GUI of Dlang 
 such as dlangui and gtkd. I don't think they have good styling 
 capabilities like HTML and CSS.

 I will be happy if I can build an app in D with fanciful ui. I 
 will also be happy if you know any other way to build a 
 fanciful ui in D like adobe flex, javafx, etc.


vibe.d is a backend framework so unless you ran it and had the 
user connect via a web browser I don't think so.

Honestly, avoid web technology on the desktop like the plague. 
It's slow and memory hogging.
Aug 12 2019
prev sibling next sibling parent reply DanielG <simpletangent gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 12 August 2019 at 10:41:57 UTC, GreatSam4sure wrote:

 I will be happy if I can build an app in D with fanciful ui. I 
 will also be happy if you know any other way to build a 
 fanciful ui in D like adobe flex, javafx, etc.


I haven't seen anybody doing it yet, but in theory you could 
launch a browser / Electron instance / etc, and have it connect 
via gRPC to code written in D.

Then you could have a fancy React UI and use D to do the heavy 
lifting.
Aug 12 2019
parent reply Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 20:01 +0000, DanielG via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:

 On Monday, 12 August 2019 at 10:41:57 UTC, GreatSam4sure wrote:

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Aug 13 2019
parent GreatSam4sure <greatsam4sure gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 13 August 2019 at 09:44:59 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:

 On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 20:01 +0000, DanielG via 
 Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:

 [...]


 GtkD allows for "reactive" UI. 
 https://www.reactivemanifesto.org/

 There is also Qt, I haven't tried any of the D bindings to Qt, 
 but given Qt is event loop based I am sure it allows for 
 "reactive" UI as well – it definitely does using Python/PySIDE2.

 GTK+ doesn't have the equivalent of the stage/engine of QML. 
 QML is Qt's
 version of JavaFX, so you do not need a browser to get a 
 dynamic reactive UI.



I want my back end to be in D. I want to write the app in D. I am
Aug 13 2019
prev sibling parent wjoe <invalid example.com> writes:
On Monday, 12 August 2019 at 10:41:57 UTC, GreatSam4sure wrote:

 Pls I want to know if it is possible to build desktop app with 
 vibe.d just like nodejs. I am not satisfy with the GUI of Dlang 
 such as dlangui and gtkd. I don't think they have good styling 
 capabilities like HTML and CSS.

 I will be happy if I can build an app in D with fanciful ui. I 
 will also be happy if you know any other way to build a 
 fanciful ui in D like adobe flex, javafx, etc.


Kai Nacke has a chapter (it's chapter 8) in his book "D Web 
Development / Packt Publishing"
Aug 14 2019