GuiFrameworks

So far, I haven't seen a good overview and comparison of the architectural ideas manifested in GUI frameworks.

Questions

• How are UIs specified?
• How are widgets arranged on the screen?
• How are the UI and the application model kept in sync?
• How are actions triggered from the UI?

See UserInterfacePatterns, GraphicsPatterns

Interesting Candidates

• CleanObjectIo (see CleanLanguage)
• CommonLispInterfaceManager (CLIM)
• DylanUserInterfaceManager (DUIM)
• EtPlusPlus
• InterViews
• JavaSwing
• OpenStep ApplicationKit
• various Smalltalk frameworks
• WxWidgets
• MagicUserInterface
• GtkPlus
• EiffelGrape
• EiffelFenestra
• VCL (for the DelphiLanguage)
• Qt

And of course .NET WinForms

--MichaelSchuerig

• MorphicInterface

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In the beginning there was ModelViewController. Then there was InterViews and EtPlusPlus. Then a few of those guys got together with some others and came up with DesignPatterns to explain what they had learned about GuiFrameworks.

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TableOrientedProgramming GUI framework info: http://geocities.com/tablizer/guitable.htm

Although, "strict" relational may be insufficient to handle varying widget attributes. A MultiParadigmDatabase may better handle such attributes. NonOopGuiMethodologies also discusses some possibilities.

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Comprehensive listing of GUI Toolkits and Frameworks with an emphasis on FreeSoftware: http://www.free-soft.org/guitool/

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See Also: CoordinateVersusNestedGui

Please see also the java wiki JinxWiki on the SwikiFarm to the pages

• "Gui XML Projects" http://jinx.swiki.net/165
• "Swing XMLs" http://jinx.swiki.net/384

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CategoryUserInterface