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Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application.

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On 2016-01-07 20:37, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> I use a Mac personally, but if my idea takes off, I'd like to make sure
> it can be "easily" ported to Windows and Linux with native idioms.
>
> It is already going to be a bit of a learning curve for me to build a UI
> on the Mac, but I think I can do it.  In any case, what I'm hoping to do
> is to build the stuff that isn't UI specific in a common code-base. I'm
> thinking that C++ might be the language of choice for this common layer,
> and then provide bindings for Swift and C# when it comes time to make
> the code portable.
>
> I'm actually familiar with C++, but have never done anything with Swift
> or C#.  I have done Java UI programming before, but I don't think
> that'll suit my purpose here.
>
> So, what I'm hoping for is either confirmation that I'm thinking about
> this correctly, or suggestions on other technology I may be unaware of.

There are basically only two major alternatives: Qt and GTK. GTK has 
plain C interface which makes it possible to use with some more decent 
language than C/C++. Qt is somewhat more difficult to use with a 
languages other than C++. Both have comparable performance and enjoy 
target platform hardware acceleration. GTK deploys native look-and-feel. 
Qt is more distant.

On the other hand GTK maintainers keep on doing almost everything to 
discourage users by introducing incompatibilities with each new version. 
Qt has potential licensing problems. Qt supports a wider set of OSes, 
e.g. VxWorks. Both support Windows, Mac, Linux.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

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Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2016-01-07 11:37 -0800
  Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2016-01-07 21:24 +0100
    Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2016-01-07 18:02 -0800
      Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2016-01-08 09:30 +0100
        Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2016-01-13 10:25 -0800
          Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2016-01-13 21:20 +0100
          Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2016-01-14 02:57 -0800
  Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-07 21:55 +0000
    Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2016-01-07 18:01 -0800
      Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2016-01-08 10:05 +0100
      Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-08 19:14 +0000
      Re: Recommendations for building a multi-platform desktop application. Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2016-01-09 04:09 -0800

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