Comment by ogoffart
9 hours ago
> Either it's a rust library or it's not.
It is one. Your app is a Rust program that depends on a crate. The UI compiles to Rust code, and we also have the `slint!` proc macro.
> there's always some edge case logic that needs a full programming language
Right, and that language is Rust. The DSL only describes the GUI. You operate it from Rust.
> Why was using js like qt quick not good enough?
QML was the inspiration. I worked on Qt and wrote QML bindings for Rust before (qmetaobject-rs). Slint is a new take on it, compiled ahead of time, no GC, strongly typed.
> The UI compiles to Rust
Right, so not rust.
Languages that compile to c are not c.
Languages that compile to rust are not rust.
> QML was the inspiration
Yes, except you invented a new programming (1) language unnecessarily.
Whatever.
We'll have to agree to disagree.
If the programming language you write is not rust it is not a rust ui library.
Slint requires you to write your UI in slint. I havent used it much, but Ive used it enough to know that this:
> The DSL only describes the GUI
Is about as disingenuous as you can get.
Thats like saying that javascript only describes the GUI of a website, a backend rust website is really just a rust application. Really you're building in rust. React is really a rust UI library at heart. <—- obviously BS.
(1) - https://docs.slint.dev/latest/docs/slint/guide/language/conc...