> On 8/1/2011 8:51 PM, Brad Roberts wrote: > > Sorry, the gui library landscape just doesn't approach being obvious > > enough to be in the standard library. > > > > My 2 cents, > > Brad > > After reading through this thread I now agree with you. I do think we need: > > 1. Ability to quickly install DWT (D package manager) > 2. Links and documentation on d-p-l.org > > That way it's sort of the official GUI library, but we're not tying up > Phobos development with this gigantic code base. > > Do you think this is a good idea? I think having some official GUI makes > D more competitive with C#. It also allows IDE tools to start targeting > designers for a particular library. > > What about wxWidgets? It has C bindings making the wrappers easy. > There's already wxD (http://wxd.sourceforge.net/), but I'm not sure how > mature it is.
I see no need for an official GUI. If there were an obvious winner, then maybe, but there isn't. And as Walter pointed out, apparently there was a previous attempt at endorsing a GUI library as the standard GUI library for D in the past and that went quite badly. Having a package management tool for D would definitely help, and maybe some of the more major D projects should be listed on the official site so that it's easier for people to know about them and find them. But trying to make a particular GUI library official is not a good idea IMHO. What we need is for it to be easier to find and use major D projects such as GUI toolkits for D not to try and put them in the standard library so that it's easier for people to find them. - Jonathan M Davis
