Sorry for the somewhat noob question, but how do you pick a library for making a GUI for your apps? My background is in physics, so most of my programming is perfectly find with a CLI that outputs a graph as a ps file or some csv. I am looking to learn about making some neat little GUIs. I was thinking it would be a good idea to try and build my GUI out of the browser so that my app can be as portable as possible, but does this mean it has to be in Javascript or can the backend be done in anything else?

I am not really sure what I am asking, but wanted to get a feel for how people approach front ends.

Thanks :)

  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 hours ago

    So yeah, start with what you’re building and what its requirements are.

    It would be desktop. I mostly want to add front end to some stuff I would CLI to round out my skills. I’ve not seen much about Rust and GUI framework. I’ve got some Java experience, but read that its native Java FX is deprecated now. I’ve done a lot in Python, but also want to start learning a language that might be more suited to enterprise work. I honesty am not sure were I’m at. But thanks for your answer

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      4 hours ago

      Wanting to learn is a good requirement in itself.

      Try starting with the language and then see what you can make of it in that case. You may find out that it’s not exactly viable, but then you can always try something else.