Show HN: Sierra, a DSL for building Java Swing applications

• Sierra

  6 102 6.6 Java

  Declarative UI for Java (by HTTP-RPC)

  

This looks really cool. Applying a thin layer over parts of the standard library is a very good idea IMO. Reduces the dependency tree but a lot.

One question (my Swing knowledge is at least 15 years old!): what's the simplest way to handle events using this? Eg taking the FormTest [1] example, how might one simply bind a model to the UI elements?

[1] https://github.com/HTTP-RPC/Sierra/blob/master/sierra-test/s...

• FlatLaf

  25 3,061 9.3 Java

  FlatLaf - Swing Look and Feel (with Darcula/IntelliJ themes support)

Take a look at FlatLAF:

https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf

They have done a great job bringing a modern appearance to the Swing components.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Lima

  1 174 10.0 Swift

  Declarative UI for iOS (by HTTP-RPC)

  

Sierra is actually inspired by Lima, a UIKit DSL I created in Swift before SwiftUI was announced:

https://github.com/HTTP-RPC/Lima

• skiko

  14 1,678 8.8 C++

  Kotlin MPP bindings to Skia

  

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