Ok then may be we should give a try to use. Tx for the links. Stef
On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2017-10-27 19:13 GMT+02:00 Stephane Ducasse <[email protected]>: >>> >>> I was wondering if there is a layout that we can use to propose >>> alternate placing layout for widgets in spec? >>> >>> Like... >>> attached to the left 10pixels rubber band box or fixed size box >>> 10pixels attached to the right. > > >> On Oct 27, 2017, at 12:59 PM, Pavel Krivanek <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Maybe we should check cassowary >> >> https://croisant.net/blog/2016-02-24-ui-layout-constraints-part-1/#ui-constraints > > > On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Stephane Ducasse <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Pavel I do not think that cassowary is good for us. > > > Do you mean Cassowary in particular, or constraint based UI in general? > > My naive first impression is, if Cassowary is good enough for Apple... > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9846992 > https://www.quora.com/Should-I-use-Auto-Layout > > and Google (search here for "solver")... > https://academy.realm.io/posts/cool-constraintlayout-droidcon-boston-2017/ > > such that "in 2016, both iOS and Android have first-party layout systems > based on Cassowary." > https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/constraintlayout-vs-auto-layout-how-do-they-compare/ > > then it seems worth some analysis, and discussion of better alternatives. > > > Coincidentally, I see a Smalltalk implementation is available... > http://www.squeaksource.com/Cassowary.html > https://constraints.cs.washington.edu/solvers/cassowary-tochi.pdf > > > For balance, some points against AutoLayout, but some alternatives also seem > to use Cassowary solver... > https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/4t6kd5/why_i_dont_use_autolayout/ > https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/constraintlayout-vs-auto-layout-how-do-they-compare/ > https://makeapppie.com/2015/10/28/why-stack-views-are-your-best-friend-if-you-hate-auto-layout/ > https://cocoacasts.com/working-with-stack-views/ > > > cheers -ben > >
