Framework design, initialization and framework usage

Wed May 8 09:15:41 UTC 2019

On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 at 06:30:56 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote:

> The goal is to have a generic framework for desktop apps where 
> you can directly start to work on the app and don't have to 
> care about getting all the necessary environment and 
> building-blocks up & running.

> * High speed 2D graphics (working)
> * GUI widget set, self-drawn via 2D graphics. Not using any OS 
> widgets. Portable. (only simple tests so far)
> * Flex-Box like layouting of GUI elements (working)
> * Framework and App logic linked/using Reactive pattern. 
> Message passing everywhere. (working)
> * Selfcontained executables, no external dependencies (working)
> * SQLite3 included (working)
> * LuaJIT as embedded scripting layer for declarative GUIs (not 
> yet decided)

This sounds like a complete replacement for either QT, MFC, or 
GTK as well as Glade/QT Designer all rolled into one.

> Our focus is executable size (I'm an old school guy) and speed.

Right with you there.

> For some simple real-time grid example see: 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyya0brc5sbcs09/Bildschirmaufnahme%202019-05-02%20um%2022.09.54.mov?dl=0

Very impressive. Is there somewhere I can follow along with what 
you guys are doing? Do you have a GitHub presence?