Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by hardwaresofton on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:28AM
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So Progress actually handed over development to a company called nStudio relatively recently. The proof/PR announcement feels like it's been wiped off the internet but there are traces still[0].
They've been great stewards so far -- improving the codebase and going after long-standing pain points, but it's worth mentioning.
[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/nativescript/comments/gv968e/progre...
Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by FreezerburnV on Sunday December 20, 2020 @09:06PM
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Hm, CodenameOne is actually something I was planning on making use of at some point in the future. I’m (solo) working on a Swing app that I want to bring to mobile, so it seemed like a good fit to convert to it or write a branch that used it. Is it actually a dumpster fire to be wary of?
Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by Apocryphon on Sunday December 20, 2020 @09:10PM
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Not that I know of, it just seems like one of those frameworks that exists and there is some online chatter mentioning it but I have no idea who actually uses it. If it turns out to be good you should let people about it!
Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by invalidname on Sunday December 20, 2020 @09:14PM
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I'm biased but it's pretty good and actually has a community behind it.
Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by FreezerburnV on Monday December 21, 2020 @02:31PM
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Good to know, thanks! I’ll have to check out the links to the community when I get a chance too. Always good to know that a piece of tech you’d planned on using is healthy.
Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by Apocryphon on Sunday December 20, 2020 @09:21PM
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That's interesting to hear- where's the online community for Codename One located? I did find some Udemy courses for it, so there's that.
Re:Kivy: Cross-Platform Python Framework for UI Development
by invalidname on Sunday December 20, 2020 @09:29PM
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https://groups.google.com/g/codenameone-discussions
https://stackoverflow.com/tags/codenameone
and the github project. It isn't huge but it's been going on for nearly a decade with the same people.
At least it's better known that other random enterprise cross-platform solutions that seem to exist only on SEO-optimized listicles of cross-platform solutions such as Codename One, RhoMobile, Kony, Framework7, - e.g. https://www.way2smile.ae/blog/cross-platform-mobile-app-deve... (Again, what companies are actually building apps with these things?)