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* FLAVOR: Desktop * HEADLINE: Swift for desktop apps * DESCRIPTION: Swift frameworks for Cocoa controls that allow development of desktop apps in a beautiful

* FLAVOR: Desktop * HEADLINE: Swift for desktop apps * DESCRIPTION: Swift frameworks for Cocoa controls that allow development of desktop apps in a beautiful and consistent manner. And while we're at it, give also Google a hand on porting Kotlin apps for the desktop too. There is nothing better for a platform than allowing developers to build modern and beautiful apps to push the platform even further.

cprecioso 10y ago
I think you're mixing concepts here. Swift is a programming language, Cocoa is the app development framework for macOS. You can already use Swift in Linux (and I suppose there are already some WIP bindings to GTK). Cocoa is a totally different beast, really dependant on internal workings and semantics of macOS, and porting it would definitely take more than a single release cycle. And Kotlin does not have any association with Google whatsoever. If you want a single language / development framework for mobile and desktop, I think the best option right now would be React Native, given that Canonical created a Ubuntu Desktop fork.
- cat199 10y ago
  While this would be lots of work, and I'm not an ubuntu user, a good portion of cocoa APIs are already implemented: http://www.gnustep.org/ http://www.gnustep.org/
finchisko 10y ago
I probably understand what do you mean. And would like to see one programming language I can use for writing GUI apps on all major platforms, but I guess this would be out of scope what Ubuntu guys can deliver.