Hands-On GUI Application Development in Go: Build responsive,cross-platform,graphical applications with the Go programming language
Authors: Andrew Williams
ISBN-10: 1789138418
ISBN-13: 9781789138412
Released: 2019-02-25
Print Length 页数: 450 pages
Book Description
Discover Golang’s GUI libraries such as Go-GTK (GIMP Toolkit) and Go-Qt and build beautiful,performant,and responsive graphical applications
Go is often compared to C++ when it comes to low-level programming and implementations that require faster processing,such as Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). In fact,many claim that Go is superior to C++ in terms of its concurrency and ease of use. Most graphical application toolkits,though,are still written using C or C++,and so they don’t enjoy the benefits of using a modern programming language such as Go.
This guide to programming GUIs with Go 1.11 explores the various toolkits available,including UI,Walk,Shiny,and Fyne. The book compares the vision behind each project to help you pick the right approach for your project. Each framework is described in detail,outlining how you can build performant applications that users will love. To aid you further in creating applications using these emerging technologies,you’ll be able to easily refer to code samples and screenshots featured in the book. In addition to toolkit-specific discussions,you’ll cover more complex topics,such as how to structure growing graphical applications,and how cross-platform applications can integrate with each desktop operating system to create a seamless user experience. By delving into techniques and best practices for organizing and scaling Go-based graphical applications,you’ll also glimpse Go’s impressive concurrency system. In the concluding chapters,you’ll discover how to distribute to the main desktop marketplaces and distribution channels.
By the end of this book,you’ll be a confident GUI developer who can use the Go language to boost the performance of your applications.
What you will learn
Understand the benefits and complexities of building native graphical applications
Gain insights into how Go makes cross-platform graphical application development simple
Build platform-native GUI applications using andlabs/ui
Develop graphical Windows applications using Walk
Create multiplatform GUI applications using Shiny,Nuklear,and Fyne
Use Go wrappers for GTK and Qt for GUI application development
Streamline your requirements to pick the correct toolkit strategy
contents
1 The Benefits of Native Graphical Applications
2 Graphical User Interface Challenges
3 Go to the Rescue!
4 Walk – Building Graphical Windows Applications
5 andlabs UI – Cross-platform Native UIs
6 Go-GTK – Multiple Platforms with GTK
7 Go-Qt – Multiple Platforms with Qt
8 Shiny – Experimental Go GUI API
9 nk – Nuklear for Go
10 Fyne – Material Design-Based GUI
11 Navigation and Multiple Windows
12 Concurrency,Networking,and Cloud Services
13 Best Practices in Go GUI Development
14 Distributing Your Application
