The Clojure-based Humble UI is being developed as a framework for constructing high-quality desktop UIs.
Humble UI’s GitHub web page says the framework lets builders construct higher apps shortly whereas staying cross-platform. Humble’s principal developer, Nikita Prokopov, stated work on Humble UI started in 2020. There isn’t any set date for its completion, and it could possibly be one other yr or so earlier than Humble UI is uncovered to a wider viewers, he added. “It’s undoubtedly getting nearer now, however the scope continues to be huge,” Prokopov stated. ”We’ll be having a workshop in September, and a lot of the principal components a minimum of really feel considerably found out, so hopefully we’ll transfer into ‘develop the meat’ section quickly.”
Humble UI started as a substitute for the Electron framework, with builders in a position to “develop cross-platform desktop apps that don’t rely on the net and thus are freed from all its shortcomings: efficiency, execution mannequin, reminiscence necessities, bundle dimension, and so on.,” Prokopov stated. He selected Clojure as a result of he prefers the language and is proficient in it. The language’s REPL assist was another excuse for selecting it. The framework’s GitHub web page declares that Clojure is one of the best language for UI improvement, stating that Java has a “UI curse” and JavaScript and Chrome impose a “large” overload and could be sluggish.