+1 Swing. > +1 Swing. There's a ton of documentation out there, and it got some > serious love from Sun between java 5 and 6. > > On May 27, 11:27 am, Laurent PETIT <laurent.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Although I work with SWT at work, I would say Swing for 2 reasons : >> >> * no additional dependency for users of your lib, and *no need* for users >> of your lib to deliver different final apps binaries for different platforms >> * may be easier to work with in your implementation (?) >> >> 2010/5/27 Luke VanderHart <luke.vanderh...@gmail.com> >> >>> My side project is a fairly complex GUI application written in >>> Clojure. Recently, I've become irritated with using Java interop for >>> everything. It's not that Clojure doesn't have nice java interop - it >>> does. It's just that when interacting with a GUI framework, which is a >>> large part of my app, I have to be back in mutable object-oriented >>> land, worrying about class hierarchies, mutable state, locks, etc. >>> Yucky. >> >>> So, with a perhaps dangerous lack of sanity and without any guarantee >>> of success, I've decided to try my hand at writing an idiomatic >>> Clojure GUI library. If I have success (which I doubt) I will of >>> course make it available as open source. >> >>> I intend for it to be mostly declarative, with a nice DSL for defining >>> GUI elements. Each component will also implement map, and use one of >>> Clojure's reference types as an interface for inspecting / updating >>> its state. I may also implement some aspects of Functional Reactive >>> Programming wherever it's convenient to do so. >> >>> What you all must help me decide is what GUI framework to use as the >>> underpinnings of it. It's genuinely hard to decide. I have at least >>> some experience with all of them, so I have no strong preference, but >>> I'd like to get your input. I did consider trying to make it abstract >>> enough that you could plug in *any* of them under the hood, but >>> there's enough differences between the frameworks that that would get >>> very ugly very fast. >> >>> Possibilities are: >> >>> AWT >>> Pros: native widgets, bundled with Java, low-level >>> Cons: few widgets, considered somewhat obselete >> >>> Swing >>> Pros: bundled with Java, good widget selection >>> Cons: non-native widgets >> >>> SWT >>> Pros: native widgets, widely used >>> Cons: requires platform-specific libs >> >>> QT Jambi >>> Pros: native widgets, huge widget selection, highly-regarded framework >>> Cons: requires platform-specific libs, writing custom widgets is >>> hairy, momentum and support seem to be lagging since Nokia dropped >>> official support. >> >>> Remember, the actual API won't matter - that will be completely >>> abstracted away. So try to focus on the framework's look and feel. >>> Also let me know if I've missed any of the framework's key >>> characteristics. >> >>> Thanks! >> >>> -Luke >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>> your first post. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
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