Does GtkD work well on Windows?

[Zardoz via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 24 March 2016 at 21:00:36 UTC, Web Biz Owner wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I'm interested in developing some GUI programs in D on Windows. 
> Looked into the various D GUI toolkit options a bit, on the D 
> sites and by googling a bit. Thinking of using GtkD. So would 
> like to know whether people think it is a good option for GUI 
> app dev on Windows.
>
> Note: I have not ruled out other toolkits. If anyone has any 
> thoughts on their use, please do comment.
>
> Thanks,
> W.B.O.

Short answer : Yes, but you need to install (or package with) Gtk 
dlls.

Long answer :

Install following this instructions : 
https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/wiki/Installing-on-Windows
If you would use Dub and you need to be cross-platform, the 
dub.sdl/json would be a bit more tricky, but works. You would 
need something like this :

   libs "gtkd" platform="windows"

   configuration "nogtk" {
     platforms "windows"
     targetType "executable"
   }
   configuration "gtk" {
     platforms "posix"
     dependency "gtk-d:gtkd" version="~>3.2.0"
     targetType "executable"
   }