On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 at 13:15:44 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
I can definitely see that. I wanted to write a GUI program some time ago and looked at GtkD. It wasn't easy to see where to start with GtkD, and I eventually ended up running a local web server and creating the GUI in the browser. This is a good example of the non-technical things holding D back, largely because of the small community.
Same here. I once started a GUI program using JavaFX + D (JNI) and then switched to GtkD + Glade. I could find my way around (with some difficulty), reading the docs / examples in C and translating them to GtkD in my head. It worked, but I always had the feeling of "Is that best practice?". When I re-opened the project after 2 years or so, I just couldn't be bothered to go through all that again. I just used my JavaFX code again and extended the app in no time. It also made me realize a lot of things about D and its "small community". Something is rotten in the state of D...
PS No, I won't write GtkD docs myself (may the Universe forgive me!), because by the eternal DIY logic I would have had to implement D for ARM, write GtkD docs and whatnot...instead of using D to actually write programs.
