Hey thanks for this detailed answer. We are in line about what we d like to get from such package, lightness, efficiency, handy.
I ll just fix a misunderstanding, about my previous question, I m totally adept of html based technologies for the GUI, until electron came out, there were no other possibilities to consume a desktop web gui other than using one of the provided browser on the target system. Electron came in and provided the missing driver, between the gui and its container. It also turned a classical browser interface, into a gui host, by getting ride of all specialties of a browser. Although, electron is unfortunately super heavy, so in regards of the efficiency i expect, i m still using regular target systems browsers to run such app. What i'd like very much is a driver to invoke a browser on the host, like i d do with `xdg-open`, but that would let me define size and positioning of the window container, and let me add some options to disable some features of the browser (no url bar, no regular menus ect) It is really much like `window.open` directed towards the desktop rather than the website being browsed. I m not low level, i m not sure if that is possible, or how, i m suspicious in the sense i guess someone would have already done that instead of electron/nightmare things, i just don t know. On Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:49:49 AM UTC+2, Asticode wrote: > > 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.
