Are there other cross-platform UI toolkits I shoul...
# tornadofxt
Tim McCormack
12/08/2019, 2:21 PMAre there other cross-platform UI toolkits I should investigate, or is JavaFX the main game in town?
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altavir
12/08/2019, 2:37 PMJavaFX is the best for JVM. You can try QT, but then you have to use C++. Or electron, but... well... electron?
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Tim McCormack
12/08/2019, 2:37 PMYeah. :-P
Tim McCormack
12/08/2019, 2:39 PMI recognize that all GUI toolkits are going to have problems. But I'm new to GUIs, besides a few forays in the early 00's and a bunch of web development, so it's hard for me to get a sense of "is this worse than average".
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altavir
12/08/2019, 2:39 PMUsually it is muuuuch worse
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Tim McCormack
12/08/2019, 2:39 PMyikes
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altavir
12/08/2019, 2:40 PMYou can try Swing and compare if you like
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Tim McCormack
12/08/2019, 2:40 PMI've used Swing and AWT, although not extensively.
Tim McCormack
12/08/2019, 2:40 PMbut that was also 15+ years ago!
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altavir
12/08/2019, 2:42 PMWell, Delphi was good 15 years ago, but it is history now. TornadoFX has some rough edges, but it is indee one of the best. Of course if someone will finally relase java 9 compatible version.
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