Let me add one more project to the list: - https://github.com/therecipe/qt: like https://github.com/andlabs/ui it forces you to have a native look and it seems overly complicated to embed the QT library in the binary
Le jeudi 27 avril 2017 14:12:31 UTC+2, Asticode a écrit : > > I do agree with you regarding the size of the app once everything is setup. > > Honestly chosing Electron is more a choice by default than anything else. > > imo the chosen project should: > > - be cross platform > - be well maintained > - allow creating non-native looks through HTML/JS/CSS since I think it's > the easiest for the most of us > > Here's a list of what I've tried so far: > > - https://github.com/andlabs/ui : drawbacks are it has limited features, > force you to have a native look and can't do things like capturing the > "Enter" key event in an input box > - https://github.com/miketheprogrammer/go-thrust : drawback is it's not > maintained anymore > - https://github.com/alexflint/gallium : drawback is it's not > cross-platform (only MacOSX last time I checked) > - https://github.com/murlokswarm/app : drawback is it's not > cross-platform (only MacOSX too) > - https://github.com/arvitaly/gopherjs-electron : drawback is it's not > maintained anymore > - https://github.com/rrohrer/go-electroncontrol : drawback is it's not > maintained anymore > - https://github.com/nodekit-io/nodekit : drawback is it's not maintained > anymore > > As you can see none of them meet the 3 requirements. > > Which leaves us with Electron which is cross platform, well maintained and > allow creating non-native looks through HTML/CSS/JS. > > If there are other projects I've missed, feel free to let me know, once > again chosing Electron is more of a choice by default than anything else. > > PS : if you're only interested in window positioning and decoration, and > don't care about dealing with HTML/CSS/JS I recommend using > https://github.com/andlabs/ui which is an awesome project! > > > Le jeudi 27 avril 2017 11:33:10 UTC+2, mhh...@gmail.com a écrit : >> >> I like it too, i'm only worried by the size of the app once everything it >> setup. >> >> I wonder if its not possible to have something smaller, >> obviously with less capabilities. >> >> imho, i m interested mostly in window positioning and decoration. >> Communication is less interesting to me as i can work with http apis, or >> so. >> >> any ideas ? >> >> On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 9:54:22 PM UTC+2, Asticode wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I'm happy to announce astilectron, a GO library to build cross platform GUI >>> apps in HTML/JS/CSS: https://github.com/asticode/go-astilectron >>> >>> I needed a way to build a cross platform GUI app in GO but none of the >>> projects out there were meeting my needs (they were either only >>> MacOSX-compatible or not maintained anymore). At the same time, I knew >>> about Electron which is cross-platform and well maintained. So I did the >>> maths and took a shot at creating a ligthweight library that could rely on >>> Electron and be available in GO. >>> >>> I've started it this week-end so this is still in beta but in a nutshell, >>> here's what it already does: >>> >>> - on start it provisions the necessary dependencies (electron and a custom >>> electron app I've made in NodeJS that provides an API over TCP). This means >>> that worst case scenario it downloads the distributions and unzips them. >>> Best case scenario (and thanks to the possibility of setting your own >>> Provisioner) you can embed the distributions in your binary using >>> go-bindata and only unzip them if they're not already set up. >>> - then you're good to go and can create windows and interact with them: >>> move, resive, maximize, close, etc. >>> - each window is a browser therefore you can either load static .html >>> files, a remote URL or the local GO server you've just started :D >>> - you can communicate between your GO app and the javascript in you server >>> - did I mention this is cross-platform? :D >>> >>> Here's the architecture of the project: >>> >>> +-------------+ TCP +---------------------+ IPC >>> +---------------------+ >>> + your GO app |<--------->+ custom Electron app +<-------->+ win1: >>> (HTML/JS/CSS) + >>> +-------------+ +---------------------+ | >>> +---------------------++ >>> | | +---->+ win2: >>> (HTML/JS/CSS) + >>> | +----------+ | | >>> +---------------------++ >>> +---------+ Electron +--------+ +-->+ win3: >>> (HTML/JS/CSS) + >>> +----------+ >>> +---------------------+ >>> >>> I'd like to use this beta version to see if people are interested in that >>> sort of project. If so, I'll dedicate more hours to add more features. Let >>> me know in the comments section. >>> >>> Of course I welcome any kind of contributions, may it be finding bugs or >>> proposing enhancements. >>> >>> Long live Golang! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Asticode >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
