GUI library for D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-04-05 13:08, Matthias Pleh wrote:
> Am 05.04.2011 10:43, schrieb Jacob Carlborg:
>>
>> Why is C++/Qt good enough but not D/Qt ?
>
> As I mentioned before, I could live with such a solution.
> When we decided our strategy one year ago, QtD was far away from ready
> but gtkD was already usable and stable. I was the one how recommend the
> use of D/gtkD. But there exist developers and manager, who _don't_ want
> an ecosystem with different languages. (That's not my opinion, but the
> meaning of our lead developer and our managers)
> So this means:
> - D solution:
> gtkD -> D
> gtk+ -> c
> phobos -> D
> perhabs other libraries needed?
> - C++ solution:
> Qt -> C++
> STL -> C++
> optional:
> Boost -> C++
>
>
> This is also the reason why so many developers like VisualStudio and
> .Net! You install it and you have everything needed from one hand.
> - IDE
> - .Net with networking, GUI , Filesystem, ... -> all coded in C# (except
> the winapi which is a system library)
>
> Ok, I know, these peoples also are the one who don't know the power of a
> really good OS like linux.
> In Ubuntu I just type:
> $ sudo apt-get install qtcreator
> and I have also everything installed I need for development.
> But this is not the case on windows. Windows user thinks different.
>
> So this discussion is really the same as Windows vs. linux.
> There is always someone who persist on windows, regarless how good other
> systems are!
>
> So I think for short or middle term such solution like gtkD, QtD, DWT
> are good, but for the long term the D community needs a D GUI library
> completly written in D.
>
> Just my thoughts
> °Matthias
>

Ok, I see.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg