I'm starting (yet another) attempt to move a big project of mine to Chicken 5 and now is a good time to look at other options for the GUI. Before I do some evaluations I'm interested in hearing any thoughts from others.
What is your preferred toolkit for making GUI apps with chicken? I've been using IUP, which I know and like very much. I've listed the pros and cons (from my perspective) far below. Alternatives to consider ------------------------ * webview egg * qt-light * pstk (probably not really an option, ancient look/feel). * kiwi (probably too limited for my needs) Others ------ nuklear http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/nuklear, https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear looks interesting, not clear if actively supported flutter - no egg yet but checks all modern gui boxes and highly portable. Comments on effort required to make a binding to Chicken would be appreciated. BTW: No, I'm not interested in developing in dart. I'm sure it is a great language but I like Chicken. My experiences with IUP ----------------------- Pros: - super easy to learn and use - Good range of widgets - decent performance Cons: - native widgets can look dated across platforms - you are at the whim of the platform. (E.g. In my case Gnome broke using bgcolor in buttons which I was relying on.) - Very difficult to install, still no Ubuntu package.
