Can you use kotlin-react with Compose web?

# react

[Sam Stone]

Can you use kotlin-react with Compose web?

[Big Chungus]

Yes, but the experience is subpar. Same as with CfD and Swing

[Big Chungus]

I think there's an example somewhere in the repo

[Sam Stone]

What is cfd?

[Sam Stone]

This will improve in the future, right?

[Big Chungus]

Apologies, Compose for Desktop

[Sam Stone]

The experience for the developer or the user?

[Sam Stone]

You are talking about React Native on desktop?

[Big Chungus]

And no, it will not improve as it's bridging two independent UI frameworks

[Sam Stone]

So what about compose for web?

[Big Chungus]

I gave CfD only as an example. CfD + Swing is similar to CfW + React in a sense that two separate UI frameworks are used in a single app

[Big Chungus]

i.e. bridged

[Sam Stone]

React has its own components that you can use from Kotlin? I am just getting into the web dev world.

[Big Chungus]

You can, but it will be painful as both, CfW and react have their own separate rendering cycles and state that you'll have to sync up

[Sam Stone]

So what is the best UI component framework to use with Kotlin?

[Big Chungus]

There's none at the moment, but you could try bootstrap-compose or #kmdc if you're desperate. Both of them are experimental for now.

[turansky]

Also you can use MUI wrappers from kotlin-wrappers

[Big Chungus]

Not with compose, though. At least not without pain 😀