HumbleUI | SnapKit | |
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5 | 10 | |
1,123 | 190 | |
2.6% | - | |
7.7 | 9.4 | |
7 days ago | 4 days ago | |
Clojure | Java | |
Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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HumbleUI
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Is Clojure the only language you need?
So you can see, there are really a lot of choices but none of them dominates, which means they all have flaws. You can read a good article from Niki Tonsky where Clojure UI problems are discussed. Also to address the problems Niki Tonsky started the development of a new UI for Clojure, called Humble UI. So now we have one more option :)
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So you're using a weird language
If you don't mind being stuck on Windows you could use Visual C# or Visual Basic, they have edit-and-continue too. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/edit... I've worked with the SuperTux C# level editor in the past. C# was actually pretty nice for GUI stuff.
There doesn't seem to be a good GUI framework for Clojure. There was Seesaw but it hasn't been updated since 2019. There is a guy developing a new framework https://github.com/HumbleUI/HumbleUI/ but it's WIP. I guess you could sidestep this by making it a webapp and using figwheel.
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The shape of data
UI toolkits: https://github.com/HumbleUI/HumbleUI and https://github.com/phronmophobic/membrane
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Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
Nikita Prokopov is developing Humble UI which is worth keeping a close eye on. (Yes, it's Clojure, but Java interop is bound to emerge if it builds up a critical mass and catches on.)
https://github.com/HumbleUI/HumbleUI/
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The Decline and Fall of Java on the Desktop Part 1 (1999-2005)
I've made a few desktop apps in https://github.com/cljfx/cljfx (e.g., https://www.chronos-desk.com/), and cljfx (JavaFX + Clojure) is amazing and makes for rapid development, not to mention fun. I'm keeping an eye on https://github.com/HumbleUI/HumbleUI, which promises to be a step up.
SnapKit
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Show HN: SnapCode – a real Java IDE in the browser
SnapCode is actually using SnapKit (https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit) which can run on either WebAPI/DOM (in browser) or Swing (desktop). In the browser this helps slim the download and improve performance by using more browser native code.
For pricing, SnapCode is free for individual use and will remain so. Perhaps there will be funding opportunities from large organizations or for embedding use cases to help provide for the continued health of the product and community.
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What do you use for building Desktop apps these days?
The new kid on the block is SnapKit: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
- What’s the cool app framework and UI i should be using ?
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Ask HN: Tips for modern Java Swing development?
Theres a bit more to it than that, since you want resetUI to update all of your components without triggering respondUI(). And you want all your components to be automatically configured to call respondUI() when there is user interaction.
I’ve written one of these before, but I don’t have access to a public version anymore. I do all my current UI dev in a UI kit built on top of Swing. But here is what I use there that solves this problem:
https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit/blob/master/src/snap/v...
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Ask HN: Why isn't GWT or Vaadin more popular among Java developers?
I use SnapKit to do Java desktop development which compiles easily to JavaScript using TeaVM. SnapKit is both modern and conventional, a good middle ground between Swing and JavaFX. But most importantly, it combines the traditional win of desktop Java UI dev with the ease of web deployment.
SnapKit:
- Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
- Why did Java lose UIs to HTML/JS?
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Ask HN: Who Wants to Collaborate?
Repo: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
- What's the future of Java UI development?
What are some alternatives?
teavm - Compiles Java bytecode to JavaScript, WebAssembly and C
membrane - A Simple UI Library That Runs Anywhere
ubikom - Free, secure communications for everyone, powered by decentralized private identity.
skija - Java bindings for Skia
compose-multiplatform - Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.
cljfx - Declarative, functional and extensible wrapper of JavaFX inspired by better parts of react and re-frame
convex - Convex Main Repository - Decentralised platform for the Internet of Value
Tokamak - SwiftUI-compatible framework for building browser apps with WebAssembly and native apps for other platforms
jdeploy - Developer friendly desktop deployment tool
tornadofx2 - TornadoFX 2.0