Hi Daniel,
Daniel Carrera
Hello,
This question is just idle curiosity. I don't actually plan to write a desktop GUI program. With that said, what library would you recommend to someone who wants to write a cross-platform desktop app with Haskell?
Consider the following requirements:
1) Cross-platform. Windows, Linux and preferably OS X too. 2) Maintained, stable, mature, documented, etc. 3) Easy to use. I use gtk2hs, it yes to all your need above.
I use gtk2hs-0.10.0 with GHC 6.10 (6.10.1 or 6.10.2) in Ubuntu (or Debian). Below is detail install method: 1) Install GHC 6.10, :) 2) Install depend libraries: sudo aptitude install automake libglade2-dev libgtksourceview-dev libgtksourceview2.0-dev libgconf2-dev librsvg2-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgtkglext1-dev libgnomevfs2-dev xulrunner-dev -y 3) Download gtk2hs-0.10.0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk2hs/gtk2hs-0.10.0.tar.gz 4) Compile gtk2hs-0.10.0: autoconf && ./configure --enable-docs && make && sudo make install And this have tutorial that introduce how to use gtk2hs: http://darcs.haskell.org/gtk2hs/docs/tutorial/Tutorial_Port/ -- Andy
Notice that this has much to do with the Haskell bindings. For example, Qt might be a fabulous toolkit, but qtHaskell might be immature (it looks like it started in Dec 2007).
wxHaskell looks good. I like the idea behind wxWidgets, but I have never used it (or any GUI toolkit for that matter).
Thank you for your input.
Cheers, Daniel.