On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:08 PM Jason E. Aten wrote:
>
> Somehow I missed Gio ( https://gioui.org/ ) on its first announcement earlier
> this year.
>
> Gio -- as a pure Go GUI framework -- really ought to be better known.
>
> Hence I offer here a short review, and a getting started example project.
>
>
> A) The micro review:
>
> I am impressed. Gio provides an immediate mode (read sane, no callback soup)
> graphics framework. Animation and rendering were smooth.
>
> Supporting mobile, wasm, macOS desktop, iOS, android, windows desktop, and
> wayland linux -- with x11 linux in the works, I'm told, is a bold and
> stunning prospect.
>
> I've verified myself that macOS and Windows work well. The same smooth
> experience across platforms that we've come to expect from Go command line
> tools. But now in GUI form. A game engine based on Gio cannot be far behind
> (anyone want a fun project?!)
>
> One caveat on Windows -- you may need to ship along the ANGLE DLLs from
> Chrome that are included in hello_gio below. Eventually, the author of Gio,
> Elias Naur, posted that he plans to also have Vulkan underneath, which might
> prove more native to Windows. But relying on the same battle hardened OpenGL
> translation layer DLLs that Chrome and Firefox utilize on Windows is a minor
> packaging addendum at worst.
>
> While still young and evolving quickly, I appreciate the ambition of Gio.
> What if Go were the preferred language for writing (portable) Apps and Games
> of all kinds?
>
>
> B) The example, starter code:
>
> I think it is worth posting my hello world experience with Gio. Both as a
> demonstration of its prowess, and a guide to help
> others getting started. Should you be so inclined, hello_gio will get you
> drawing graphics in no time.
>
> https://github.com/glycerine/hello_gio
>
> Any questions, raise an issue on the github issues tracker, or see the Gio
> mailing list https://lists.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/gio
FYI, Elias gave a talk about this project at Gophercon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D6eWP4peYM .
Ian
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