libui.js

Created on 25 May 2016 · 5Comments · Source: andlabs/libui

Hey everyone, show some love here :) https://github.com/mavenave/libui.js very little done so far

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kenchangh

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I've put both your bindings on the wiki for the moment -- if you combine efforts, feel free to update the wiki to reflect that!

Srdgh on 25 May 2016

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Hi @mavenave, I also started to work on node bindings of libui https://github.com/parro-it/libui-node
It could be beautiful to join our efforts!
I too had done very little so far...

parro-it on 25 May 2016

I've put both your bindings on the wiki for the moment -- if you combine efforts, feel free to update the wiki to reflect that!

Srdgh on 25 May 2016

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Would be great to see a HTML/CSS port too: the box system of libui maps directly to flexbox.

pcwalton on 25 May 2016

@pcwalton what do you mean exactly by HTML port?

As you can see here me and @mavenave agree to join our efforts on writing node binding.

Next step that we was both planning is to write a react-native sort of framework on top of it...
In that context, we will _probably_ use a subset of CSS to style the UI, using the libui box system as you suggested.

If instead by HTML you mean using libui native widget with javascript in a browser, I don't think this could be technically possible...

By the way, there is also react-native-desktop developed by @ptmt, but it work only for OSX...

parro-it on 25 May 2016

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I assume you have this progressed now. I'm going to close the issue here; good luck with your bindings!

It's possible to write a server that runs libui code locally and produces results on the browser. In fact, that has already happened indirectly: GTK+ 3 has a backend called "broadway" which renders into a browser. You launch the broadwayd program to start the server and then run your program with the environment variable $GDK_BACKEND set appropriately to point to the server; instructions are in the GTK+ documentation. Only one person can use it at a time and it isn't suitable for web apps, but it's there and it proves this is possible.