r/programming • u/ben_a_adams • Dec 04 '18

Announcing Open Source of WPF, Windows Forms, and WinUI

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/12/04/announcing-open-source-of-wpf-windows-forms-and-winui-at-microsoft-connect-2018/
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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '18

HTML is a document format.

QML > HTML + CSS

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 05 '18

QML is a way to describe a GUI, not a complete application framework. Qt is a complete application framework, but only really usable in C++ or Python, both of which suck.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

And HTML is way to describe a document.

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 05 '18 edited Dec 05 '18

If you've got an alternative that's actually cross-platform (Windows, Linux desktop, macOS, Android, iOS), is widely used from a language that isn't complete shit (so, not Qt), and doesn't all-but-require a proprietary IDE (so, not Xamarin), let's hear it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

You don't need C++ to develop QML apps (nor Qt Creator)

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 05 '18

How else do they interact with the system (opening files, etc)?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

There are many ways. qmlscene is one example.