Hello all,

I’m trying to get into GUI programming, but am hesitating on using a Python library to make my first barebones program. My goal is to code basic buttons and understand how operating systems implement the way they draw windows for applications.

I have coded mostly in scientific libraries or high-level languages that are fairly simple (Python, Matlab, Julia)… Also am familiar with basic concepts and syntax from C.

Looking for recommendations to start. I am happy to learn a new PL. Interested in writing code for legacy hardware and mobile. Bonus if the codes are general enough to be written for most displays one could interact with.

  • lumony@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Bless you for doing god’s work. We need more GUI developers and a better ecosystem as a whole.

    That said, it’s pretty shite right now. Your established options are GTK and Qt. Qt uses C++ and I believe GTK uses C. I’ve only really looked briefly into Qt development, and it looks like there are bindings to Rust.

    That said, I’m a firm believer that doing GUIs through code is an inefficient, cumbersome, and antiquated process that should be replaced with more visual alternatives, like we see in Godot Engine.

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      That said, I’m a firm believer that doing GUIs through code is an inefficient, cumbersome, and antiquated process that should be replaced with more visual alternatives

      what do you mean? I’m not familiar with Godot.

      Android comes to mind where most commonly you build the UI in XML. what do you think about that?