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Ask HN: What's your favorite framework for making apps (with GUIs) for yourself?

4 points| rajlego | 4 years ago | reply

I want to start making apps for myself and want to prioritize speed of development.

I'm leaning towards xcode/swift since I'd like to develop for mac/iphone/apple watch but it does seem like maybe not a great idea to be locked in eternally to apple. What do you guys prefer?

7 comments

[+] namaljayathunga|4 years ago|reply

Even EloctronJS is more popular, I am using [NWJS](https://nwjs.io/) because it is simple and support hiding code (compile code). However, I recently found a solution to hide code in the Electron app ([Bytenote](https://www.reddit.com/r/electronjs/comments/n155qh/compile_...))

[+] yuppie_scum|4 years ago|reply

I think it’s a dirty word around here, but Electron is popular for a reason..

[+] pickle-wizard|4 years ago|reply

I've got an idea for a GUI App that I want to run on both Mac and Windows. I've been researching cross platform GUI Frameworks, but Electron seems to be the best option that I've found.

[+] pwg|4 years ago|reply

Tk (https://www.tcl.tk/about/)

[+] loxias|4 years ago|reply

I use Qt. It's nice.

[+] blodkorv|4 years ago|reply

C# winforms. There is nothing better if you ask me

[+] mikewarot|4 years ago|reply

My current favorite is Lazarus/Free Pascal

[+] chovybizzass|4 years ago|reply

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