Cross-platform graphical user interfaces (Go Time #271)

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We’re joined by the creators of Wails and Fyne to dig into writing Go code for different architectures and operating systems.

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Featuring:

• Lea Anthony – Twitter, GitHub
• Andy Williams – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Mat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Natalie Pistunovich – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

• Wails
• Fyne
• Xbar
• Taskfile
• Go GUI developer survey

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - It's Go Time!
(00:57) - Welcoming our guests
(02:53) - Gooey Team
(07:28) - Intro to Wails
(10:12) - Intro to Fyne
(15:43) - Lea's repo bands
(16:51) - Frontend code in Fyne
(19:05) - Frontend code in Wails
(20:30) - Building cross-platform tools
(28:36) - Will generics make things easier?
(32:42) - Sponsor: Changelog++
(33:37) - Things they'd do differently
(44:09) - Accounting for taste
(49:19) - The smallest possible API
(52:45) - It's time for Unpopular Opinions!
(53:28) - Anthony's unpop
(56:41) - Andy's unpop
(1:00:48) - Natalie's unpop
(1:02:44) - Mat's unpop
(1:05:16) - Gotta Go!
(1:07:01) - Outro (Changelog++ bonus)