Re:Show HN: Hacker News desktop application in Kotlin/Swing
by TXV on Sunday October 08, 2017 @08:04AM
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> JavaFX uses custom XML which make no sense to be honest when you want to do nice design.
I don't see why the custom XML should be a problem. Definitely you are not supposed to edit the .fxml files by hand, especially when you have apps like Scene Builder that allow you to design everything from a GUI.
> And it requires custom CSS too.
That's true only for a few JavaFX-specific properties. The CSS syntax doesn't change very much. Also, it's not a surprising feature: QT, the C++ GUI framework, also uses custom CSS.
I don't see why the custom XML should be a problem. Definitely you are not supposed to edit the .fxml files by hand, especially when you have apps like Scene Builder that allow you to design everything from a GUI.
> And it requires custom CSS too.
That's true only for a few JavaFX-specific properties. The CSS syntax doesn't change very much. Also, it's not a surprising feature: QT, the C++ GUI framework, also uses custom CSS.