
Hi, I'd like to start a new project in Haskell, this time using an user interface. Looking at [1] I found that there are several of them listed there. However, the list there is very long. Right now, I am unsure on what is best to use. Can someone give me any hints on which is the most kept-to-date and most supported GUI library? Basically, I want to display some graphs in a dynamic way, reacting to user input, nothing fancy right now. Thanks, -- Mihai

On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 20:20 +0200, Mihai Maruseac wrote:
Right now, I am unsure on what is best to use. Can someone give me any hints on which is the most kept-to-date and most supported GUI library?
It would be hard to beat Gtk2Hs if you're looking for mature, solid, up to date, and widely used. Gtk2Hs isn't particularly functional in style, but as imperative approaches go, it is probably the most widely used general purpose GUI toolkit in the Haskell community, and very good quality. -- Chris Smith

Chris Smith wrote:
Mihai Maruseac wrote:
Right now, I am unsure on what is best to use. Can someone give me any hints on which is the most kept-to-date and most supported GUI library?
It would be hard to beat Gtk2Hs if you're looking for mature, solid, up to date, and widely used. Gtk2Hs isn't particularly functional in style, but as imperative approaches go, it is probably the most widely used general purpose GUI toolkit in the Haskell community, and very good quality.
I never managed to get a proper installation of GTK+ and Gtk2HS on my MacOS X machine. WxHaskell works fine, though. Regards, Heinrich Apfelmus -- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com

OpenGL + GLUT has always been very reliable for me.
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Heinrich Apfelmus
Chris Smith wrote:
Mihai Maruseac wrote:
Right now, I am unsure on what is best to use. Can someone give me any hints on which is the most kept-to-date and most supported GUI library?
It would be hard to beat Gtk2Hs if you're looking for mature, solid, up to date, and widely used. Gtk2Hs isn't particularly functional in style, but as imperative approaches go, it is probably the most widely used general purpose GUI toolkit in the Haskell community, and very good quality.
I never managed to get a proper installation of GTK+ and Gtk2HS on my MacOS X machine. WxHaskell works fine, though.
Regards, Heinrich Apfelmus
-- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com
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That's true, but I've not had any luck with any other GUI libraries :(
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Felipe Almeida Lessa
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Lyndon Maydwell
wrote: OpenGL + GLUT has always been very reliable for me.
I don't think this OpenGL + GLUT combination works well for user interfaces in the sense that you have to build everything from the ground up.
Cheers!
-- Felipe.

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Mihai Maruseac
Hi,
I'd like to start a new project in Haskell, this time using an user interface. Looking at [1] I found that there are several of them listed there. However, the list there is very long.
Right now, I am unsure on what is best to use. Can someone give me any hints on which is the most kept-to-date and most supported GUI library? Basically, I want to display some graphs in a dynamic way, reacting to user input, nothing fancy right now.
Forgot to add the link: [1]: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Applications_and_libraries/GUI_libraries
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Chris Smith
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Felipe Almeida Lessa
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Heinrich Apfelmus
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Lyndon Maydwell
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Mihai Maruseac