Awesome, will definitely check it out. On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 12:46 PM, <mhhc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > -- "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself." --*Plato* -- 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.
