cbindgen
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Mozilla Public License 2.0 | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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cbindgen
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Hello World in Go From Rust
Golang uses cgo to communicate with external C libraries and Rust uses FFI (Foreign function interfaces) to export C functions. Additionally, a library for automatically generating bindings can be used to generate the header files (.h). In our case, we'll only be exporting two C functions, so using cbindgen is overkill but we'll use it regardless because why not? Firstly, we'll write the rust functions we want to export. We'll start by creating a new rust library:
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Ask HN: Automating multi-lang communication with a meta programming language
[1]: https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen
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Nim v2.0 Released
As a 2-step approach, you could also probably use https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen and then Nim's native C FFI.
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ffizz: Build a Beautiful C API in Rust
The tooling for the first kind -- calling Rust from another language -- is a bit less developed, and tends to rely on code generation that doesn't necessarily produce a natural C API. cbindgen, uniffi, cxx, and Diplomat all take this course.
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How can I use rust libraries in zig/C
There's also cbindgen for automating the generation of C headers once you've got your code in the right shape and you'll also want to read the Rustonomicon.
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C Strings and my slow descent to madness
You can backport Rust standard library to C using https://github.com/eqrion/cbindgen .
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Rust FFI and cbindgen: Integrating Embedded Rust Code in C
Later we'll see what cbindgen essentially does is receive a configuration and a Rust library and then spit out a C header (.h) file. One might think that what cbindgen is doing might not be that special and can be done by hand. In which some cases that might be true if the project is simple enough. Though additionally as the cbindgen documentation states:
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Nautilus just fucked me. (Gnome paper cuts)
Fuck it, I'll take the bait. Rust allows for amazing C interop by allowing for exporting of C types as a dynamic library, like C. Unlike C, this still allows for Rust's advanced checking at compile time. librsvg is one such library that is being used in the GTK ecosystem that is also almost completely Rust. You can use tools like cbindgen to generate C bindings.
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here! (47/2022)!
Or alternatively cbindgen to create the header file from the Rust source.
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7 ways to pass a string between đŸ¦€ Rust and C
The easiest way to obtain the headers for the rust code is to use the cbingen library.
Flutter
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Show HN: Shorebird 1.0, Flutter Code Push
[3]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/tree/master/packages/flut...
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3D and 2D: Testing out my cross-platform graphics engine
Thanks - that link does not appear to be open access, anyways I don't think I've seen it. I'm familiar with Flutter at a high-level (Kevin Moore gave a great talk on it at Wasm I/O), and I think other than requiring users to work in Dart, it is probably one of the most powerful ways to do cross-platform UI today.
Worth noting that their original GPU backend was Skia, and now they are retooling around Flutter GPU (Impeller)[0], which is kind of designed similarly as an abstract rendering interface over platform-specific GPU APIs.
[0]https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Flutter-GPU
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Python dev considering Electron vs. Kivy for desktop app UI
If you are considering Electron/React then I would suggest adding Flutter to your list of technologies to consider. It uses Dart (a language similar to C#) and has a lot going for it… relatively quick to get up to speed with, fantastic developer experience (e.g., hot reload, great IDE support, good development tools) and very strong cross-platform support: it generates native iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows and Linux executables. Check it out: https://flutter.dev/
- Lançamento do App Edudu
- Android 12+: Changing wallpaper or dark theme breaks Flutter and Jetpack Apps
- Android 12: Changing wallpaper or dark theme breaks Flutter and Jetpack Compose
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React Native and Flutter: A Developer's Dilemma
You can find the React Native documentation here and Flutter Documentation here.
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Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative
[1]https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/55092#issuecomment...
- Reusing state logic is either too verbose or too difficult #51752
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React Labs: What We've Been Working On – February 2024 – React Compiler
> There is actually a great issue thread on the Flutter GitHub that explains exactly why other solutions do not work correctly when compared to hooks [0]
Interesting. I assume you are referring to this comment in particular -> https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/51752#issuecomment... ?
What are some alternatives?
rust-bindgen - THIS CRATE IS DEPRECATED, please use https://github.com/servo/rust-bindgen.
Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) - .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
cxx - Safe interop between Rust and C++
flet - Flet enables developers to easily build realtime web, mobile and desktop apps in Python. No frontend experience required.
rusty-cheddar - A Rust crate for automatically generating C header files from Rust source file.
WPF - WPF is a .NET Core UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.
flutter_rust_bridge - Flutter/Dart <-> Rust binding generator, feature-rich, but seamless and simple.
Uno Platform - Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.
tch-rs - Rust bindings for the C++ api of PyTorch.
kivy - Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS
Module Linker - browse modules by clicking directly on "import" statements on GitHub
Quasar Framework - Quasar Framework - Build high-performance VueJS user interfaces in record time