Node bindings for libui, an awesome native UI library for Unix, OS X and Windows

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12 up and 0 down, posted by parroit 3078 days ago 6 comments

tracker1 3076 days ago. link parent 1 point ▲ ▼

It comes down to very different needs, and the composite fit... What would be more cool would be some kind of React Native-like binding that leverages libui under the covers...  No idea if/how hard it is to develop/design custom controls against libui though.

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parroit 3075 days ago. link 2 points ▲ ▼

A React Native-like its what I want to develop on top of this module, as next step.

> No idea if/how hard it is to develop/design custom controls against libui though.

I've yet to explore these lands, but I guess the following:

* Completely new custom control, based on bare metal GUI native API controls and available on OSX, Linux, Windows: Difficult

* Custom control based on existing libui UiArea, where you handle custom drawing (you write code once, same drawing on each platform): Medium 

* Custom control where you mix some existing widgets to implement a new one: Easy

tracker1 3075 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼

Yeah, I'm definitely interested in seeing React-Native-alike options make it... IIRC there's something for the newer windows bits, but haven't looked into it, and it isn't cross-platform.