Norwich 2018-11-07

[Chris]

On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 at 13:15:44 UTC, bachmeier wrote:

>
> I can definitely see that. I wanted to write a GUI program some 
> time ago and looked at GtkD. It wasn't easy to see where to 
> start with GtkD, and I eventually ended up running a local web 
> server and creating the GUI in the browser. This is a good 
> example of the non-technical things holding D back, largely 
> because of the small community.

Same here. I once started a GUI program using JavaFX + D (JNI) 
and then switched to GtkD + Glade. I could find my way around 
(with some difficulty), reading the docs / examples in C and 
translating them to GtkD in my head. It worked, but I always had 
the feeling of "Is that best practice?". When I re-opened the 
project after 2 years or so, I just couldn't be bothered to go 
through all that again. I just used my JavaFX code again and 
extended the app in no time. It also made me realize a lot of 
things about D and its "small community". Something is rotten in 
the state of D...

PS No, I won't write GtkD docs myself (may the Universe forgive 
me!), because by the eternal DIY logic I would have had to 
implement D for ARM, write GtkD docs and whatnot...instead of 
using D to actually write programs.