Re: [wxhaskell-devel] Status/development of wxHaskell?

[Heinrich A. <apf...@qu...>]

Atze Dijkstra wrote:
> Related to this, both archives
> are inactive anyway since summer 2012, both are also still mentioned
> on the wxHaskell wiki, activity on this mailinglist is low, so is any
> development/maintenance done at all?
> 
> I am asking these questions as I am fixing a legacy wxHaskell app (7
> years old), and also trying to figure out whether wxHaskell is still
> a good way to go for future GUI development. For the record, I like
> wxHaskell, but I need to know (probably like others using wxHaskell)
> whether wxHaskell (or for that matter, any GUI programming in
> Haskell/GHC) is going to be used/maintained in the long run, and for
> that some basics (like which repo is used) need to be clear.

I can't speak for Jeremy, nor do I wish to step on anyone's toes, but 
looking at the current project status, I have to conclude that wxHaskell 
is not actively maintained anymore.

I'm interested in GUI programming and I have got some ideas on improving 
the wxHaskell APIs that are "backported" from FRP, but sadly no one to 
address them to. So, I'm interested in contributing, but I don't have 
the time or inclination to maintain a large GUI project myself.


Concerning future GUI development, there is GTK2Hs which works quite 
well on Linux, but is difficult to install on all other platforms.

Personally, I'm betting on browser-based GUIs, and in particular Chris 
Done's "ji" project

   https://github.com/chrisdone/ji

It's not on hackage and I get the impression that Chris has abandoned 
his little experiment, but he has still accepted a patch I've sent. A 
small experiment on my part

   http://apfelmus.nfshost.com/blog/2012/10/31-frp-ji.html

has actually convinced me that implementing GUIs in this way is both 
viable and useful. If someone else were to take an interest in Ji as 
well, I'd be very happy to contribute.


Best regards,
Heinrich Apfelmus

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