vlang
Clearer UI syntax
UI code as shown in demo example is more or less confusing, notably for beginner. Same demo can be created like this, which syntax may be much more attractive and easier to grasp:
struct App {
mut:
window &ui.Window = unsafe { nil }
first_name string
last_name string
}
fn main() {
mut app := &App{}
// components
txtbox1 := ui.textbox(
max_len: 20
width: 200
placeholder: 'First name'
text: &app.first_name
)
txtbox2 := ui.textbox(
max_len: 50
width: 200
placeholder: 'Last name'
text: &app.last_name
)
// containers
col := ui.column(
width: 200
spacing: 13
children: [txtbox1, txtbox2]
)
row := ui.row(
margin: ui.Margin{10, 10, 10, 10}
children: [col]
)
// window
app.window = ui.window(
width: 600
height: 400
title: 'V UI Demo'
children: [row]
)
ui.run(app.window)
}
Maybe clearer yet could be adding widgets and containers like this (which don't work at the moment):
col.children << [txtbox1, txtbox2] row.children << [col] app.window.children << [row]
A style where people might deem more comfortable for writing code on a single line and saving some space, can be seen with MUI. Of course it's going to come down to preferences. But it does show that the VUI can be built on top of and further tailored to particular tastes with other libraries.
Regardless, do think this is an interesting idea, to increase clarity.
Before reaching for the stars, does text input work as expected on all "supported" platforms in the meantime? Last time I tried Android was a problem.
