Hello to all the mates here! Learning to Compose f...

# compose-desktop

[Antonio Cardona]

Hello to all the mates here! Learning to Compose for Desktop, and has been very enjoyable.

[Humphrey]

Any tutorial sites you recommend? I took some look at JB and found those handy but looking for more.

[Antonio Cardona]

for now i did the google "Pathway", you have to make some modifications to make it work in current state of versions, but it's good material

[Antonio Cardona]

here it's the link https://developer.android.com/courses/pathways/compose

[EatBrains]

This requires the reader to have Android Jetpack Compose development experience. (Or at least, thinking in terms of Android)

However, I do not have that and I have no plan to target any platform other than desktop Windows and desktop Linux.

Are there tutorials dedicated to Compose Multiplatform Desktop?

[Antonio Cardona]

well, i don't have any experience with android, and could adapt it to work for Desktop as you said, because im not interested in Android neither

[Antonio Cardona]

only windows,linux and mac

[Antonio Cardona]

it's not that different really

[Antonio Cardona]

have you checked the samples on jetbrains github?

[EatBrains]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

However, I actually tried it and found it hard for me to adapt to desktop.

I would still prefer something written for Compose Multiplatform Desktop itself.

[Antonio Cardona]

they are a little outdated, but again, with a little rework, documentation reading/learning can be used to grasp the concepts

[EatBrains]

Yes, I checked the samples, but without a clear Git history (they seem to commit a lot for each commit at once), it's still unclear where to start.

[Antonio Cardona]

i agree with you, it wasnt easy, but like you, couldn't find any tutorial desktop specific

[Antonio Cardona]

😞

[EatBrains]

Yes. I might even consider Electron if this situation continues. Disappointed too. Let's see if/when they'll provide official documentation.

[Antonio Cardona]

right now im stuck with a error, related to not being able to use a Composable outside a composable context...

[Antonio Cardona]

Noo, don't go! 🙂

[Antonio Cardona]

but yes, its evolving so rapidly!

[Antonio Cardona]

that documentation gets old quickly

[EatBrains]

Haha. I'll just wait for a bit longer. I'll wait at least until end of 2022.

[Antonio Cardona]

yeah, thats enough time, i hope.

[Humphrey]

I also looked at the “Pathway” before but found it hard, and indeed that was targeting more the mobile Android. Was also very interested in Desktop.

[Antonio Cardona]

i could share my adapted "pathway" code if you think it could help, reading along the pathway docs

[Humphrey]

Yes please do so..