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Honest question, why would you choose the qt framework over Electron and Popular JS Framework? I did some PYQT in highschool and it wasn't a good experience...

hermitcrab 6y ago
Massive discussion about Qt and cross platform frameworks here recently. I suggest you read that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344826 Also Python isn't the 'native' language for Qt. C++ is.
- null_deref 6y ago
  Thanks for the reply! but I didn't see, the discussion I wanted in there, will ask this question again in amore appropriate submission.
app4soft 6y ago
> why would you choose the qt framework over Electron and Popular JS Framework? 1) This is not a "Show HN" thread, so I may not tell nothing about Volbx development; 2) Electron/JavaScript is the worst choice ever to create desktop GUI apps designed for offline use. As for me, the most prefered ways to create cross-platform GUI apps for desktop PC* are: - Qt (C++/C/Python) - Tkinter (Python) And for Unix-like OS write apps in pure C with Xlib-based GUI (optionally, use some widget toolkit for Xlib, like `mlk`[0]). Sweet dreams, GTK2... Bye-bye, GTK+3/GTK+4! [0] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/ http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/
- null_deref 6y ago
  Thanks for the repl, but you didn't elaborate on your preference...
  - app4soft 6y ago
    > but you didn't elaborate on your preference... To be honest, I did! As I said above, my preference are: - Qt (for C++ apps) N.B. Only Qt, not KDE Frameworks. - PyQt/QtPy/PySide2/Tkinter (for Python apps) - Xlib + custom widget sets (for C apps) I'm involved in few Qt/C++ and Xlib/C projects, but for my personal needs PyQt & Tkinter is enough. Also I use some 3rd-party GTK2/GTk+3 (GIMP, Inkscape, LibreOffice), but actually trying find its Qt alternatives as well (and there are NO place for Electron apps on my PC). Additionally: - SDL 1.x* also may be useful for C apps, due to its high portability; SDL2 is less portable. - OpenGL (for C++/C/Python apps) - wxWidgets (for C++/C/Python apps)

hermitcrab 6y ago

Massive discussion about Qt and cross platform frameworks here recently. I suggest you read that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344826 Also Python isn't the 'native' language for Qt. C++ is.

null_deref 6y ago
Thanks for the reply! but I didn't see, the discussion I wanted in there, will ask this question again in amore appropriate submission.

app4soft 6y ago

> why would you choose the qt framework over Electron and Popular JS Framework? 1) This is not a "Show HN" thread, so I may not tell nothing about Volbx development; 2) Electron/JavaScript is the worst choice ever to create desktop GUI apps designed for offline use. As for me, the most prefered ways to create cross-platform GUI apps for desktop PC* are: - Qt (C++/C/Python) - Tkinter (Python) And for Unix-like OS write apps in pure C with Xlib-based GUI (optionally, use some widget toolkit for Xlib, like `mlk`[0]). Sweet dreams, GTK2... Bye-bye, GTK+3/GTK+4! [0] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/ http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/

null_deref 6y ago
Thanks for the repl, but you didn't elaborate on your preference...
- app4soft 6y ago
  > but you didn't elaborate on your preference... To be honest, I did! As I said above, my preference are: - Qt (for C++ apps) N.B. Only Qt, not KDE Frameworks. - PyQt/QtPy/PySide2/Tkinter (for Python apps) - Xlib + custom widget sets (for C apps) I'm involved in few Qt/C++ and Xlib/C projects, but for my personal needs PyQt & Tkinter is enough. Also I use some 3rd-party GTK2/GTk+3 (GIMP, Inkscape, LibreOffice), but actually trying find its Qt alternatives as well (and there are NO place for Electron apps on my PC). Additionally: - SDL 1.x* also may be useful for C apps, due to its high portability; SDL2 is less portable. - OpenGL (for C++/C/Python apps) - wxWidgets (for C++/C/Python apps)