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No I haven't done that specifically, although I've done some stuff with other GUI builders and I think I know exactly what you mean. Basically this is why I add
by billforsternz 5y ago
No I haven't done that specifically, although I've done some stuff with other GUI builders and I think I know exactly what you mean. Basically this is why I added my ideal vs reality YMMV qualifier :)
In an ideal world GUI tools would let you easily specify what parameters were required from the user, what standard very flexible and adaptable widgets were to be used to get those parameters, and how the parameters are constrained. All with a coherent special purpose language or some other fit for purpose technique, with an absolute minimum of pixel tweaking etc involved.
Sadly it's not an ideal world.
- h0l0cube 5y agoThe main issue with these new UI frameworks is that they are composable and dynamic. It's great because you can make your own application specific or organisation wide UI libraries that are, in essence, a collection of free functions. But it also means that the dependencies of all those functions need to be compiled. This same workflow is fine in the JavaScript world because it's an interpreted language and the compilation step can be skipped.