Tkintergalactic
Dev tools
ui library
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How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice project; starred and forked
From 1 comment
Nice! (starred and forked so I'll be more inclined to try it) What projects do you feel this would be esp. well-suited to? (your doing a "To-do" app where a list would normally…
WillAdams on HN
Fun name, portmanteau of Tkinter and intergalactic
From 1 comment
I like the name, it’s a fun portmanteau of Tkinter and intergalactic. It’s also more search engine friendly and less likely to hit a name collision with another project.
_mlbt on HN
Objections
Declarative style can get nested and hard to read
From 1 comment
Why declarative became synonym of nested hell? Can't you mimic an imperative flow of UI construction but under the hood have it declarative or whatever you want?
zerr on HN
Link was broken (404) until fixed
From 2 comments
Link gives a 404 :-(
cmacleod4 on HNYour repo link is probably not set to public.
pvg on HN
Requests
Canvas support for drawing
From 2 comments
Nice! (starred and forked so I'll be more inclined to try it) What projects do you feel this would be esp. well-suited to? (your doing a "To-do" app where a list would normally…
WillAdams on HNI plan on using it for semi throw away UIs for things where I don't want the user to have to spin up a Web server. Right now there's no canvas support, but there is that kind of…
leontrolski on HN
Way to access raw Tcl widget names
From 1 comment
I plan on using it for semi throw away UIs for things where I don't want the user to have to spin up a Web server. Right now there's no canvas support, but there is that kind of…
leontrolski on HN
Questions
What projects suit it best and which it would not suit
From 1 comment
Nice! (starred and forked so I'll be more inclined to try it) What projects do you feel this would be esp. well-suited to? (your doing a "To-do" app where a list would normally…
WillAdams on HN
Why not mimic imperative construction with declarative internals
From 1 comment
Why declarative became synonym of nested hell? Can't you mimic an imperative flow of UI construction but under the hood have it declarative or whatever you want?
zerr on HN
Alternatives named
Imperative Tkinter code with a gist example
From 1 comment
I mean, you can just do it https://gist.github.com/fabrixxm/5c072ac64b680cb4a3406e2763d674b8
fabrixxm on HN