How high level should node-gtk3 be? about gtk-node HOT 12 CLOSED

It's definitely cool. There's already a React Electron. The reason I'm working on React GTK is to create a native React experience for desktop applications. Electron is not native. It's essentially Cordova for desktop.

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That's a really great idea. I'll make a note on the readme that this project will follow GJS bindings.

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I agree that the level is high.

But as generic as this lib may be, perhaps its api must guide primarily to the use that https://github.com/jamrizzi/react-gtk will make of it.

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For example, I am really impressed with this api and how it can facilitate the creation of a "react-yue": http://libyue.com/docs/v0.1.1/js/

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Yes I agree.

I found this project just looking for alternatives to this approach. In my searches:

• qt: The variety of widgets and helpers is excellent. But licensing has become a problem.

• efl: Just as yue is simple and light, making it easier to install in different systems. But also a little obscure and little used.

• gtk+: Before release of gtk+3, it depended on the X11 subsystem, which made its application unattractive on macOS. But now it is more elegant, even if its installation is too complex.

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Getting gtk to work on windows is a little hairy, but it's definitely doable. I successfully got gtk to work on windows in the following repo. I'll definitely use a similar approach when I try and get this to work on windows.

https://github.com/jamrizzi/windows-pygtk

I'm doing all my desktop development with python gtk until I finish this project.

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@jamrizzi @nuxlli I took a different approach here https://github.com/harisvsulaiman/Pushy , instead of building the ui in gjs (or something similar), I used dbus as message passing system to build a hybrid app.
This has both a node js process ( with the business logic ) and native process ( UI stuff ).

This allows me to use this app wherever dbus is available.

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I'm really excited around all the GTK node bindings so I can potentially hack on a gtk react native.

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I know this issue is closed, but how about trying to closely follow GJS's GTK bindings?

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@jamrizzi @Place1 @nuxlli Build something that emits Gjs?

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