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This is something I have observed about every language/framework front end combo I have ever used and I have done it long enough to go all the way back to Qt 3
by pbhowmic 11y ago
This is something I have observed about every language/framework front end combo I have ever used and I have done it long enough to go all the way back to Qt 3 and even before. There is no terse way to describe a UI. Period. C++ or Java I understand they are typed languages with an avowed aim of giving the programmer fine grained control over the program. Objective C may have become popular more recently but it too is an older typed language. The unbrevity of JavaScript is inexcusable and it extends to every UI framework it offers. Tooling is no way to try and ease the problem.
- snaky 11y ago> There is no terse way to describe a UI Did you ever seen Tk?
- epoch1970 11y agoTk was only ever feasible for very simple, often throw-away, UIs, and not much more than that. Tk can't be compared to Qt or the other full-featured UI toolkits that exist.
- pixie_ 11y agoThe last time I felt productive doing UIs was with WinForms and before that VB6.
- laichzeit0 11y agoAt the end of the day, this is what the web community will ultimately end up re-inventing. https://polymer-designer.appspot.com/ https://polymer-designer.appspot.com/