To add some evidence to my opinion -- Here's a simple one that I built a few years ago: http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Joe_Bogner/StockViewer
I am certainly no expert in J GUI programming, yet I would still be surprised if a 'better' language at GUI programming yielded significantly shorter, more clear code, without having to download and learn a bunch of libraries On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Dabrowski, Andrew John < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, that was nice. But I don't think anyone actually believes J is >> _good_ language for creating GUIs; just a possible one. >> >> > > I've built a few GUIs in J and have had my share of building applications > using the Win32 API, gtk, .NET (winforms and XAML), Visual Basic, java > (desktop and android), TCL/TK, and countless web frameworks. > > I do think J is a good language for creating GUIs. It's simple and > powerful. It reminds me a bit of visual basic with the event handlers with > the power of Qt and the everything that comes along with J. It's one of the > better and more enjoyable options I've used. > > If you haven't tried it, I'd suggest checking out the demos, documentation > and try building a simple app. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
