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.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser

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303 points vyrotek | 4 comments | 11 Nov 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mwkaufma ◴[11 Nov 25 23:07 UTC] No.45894161[source]▶
My kingdom for a UI toolkit that can be used to make real CAD programs, and not yet-more things that just look like webviews and could just be a webpage.
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1. jeroenhd ◴[12 Nov 25 09:20 UTC] No.45898066[source]▶
You can make CAD programs with any toolkit as long as you have a GPU surface to render your actual CAD output to. You can do anything with this toolkit from weather apps to video editors, map analysis, and PDF editors.

You can check out the Avalonia demo reel to see what you can already do with the .NET GUI stack that MAUI now uses on Linux and on the web: https://avaloniaui.net/showcase

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2. zerr ◴[12 Nov 25 09:46 UTC] No.45898231[source]▶
GPU surface is one thing, but I believe OP means the actual UI controls: buttons, tabs, combo boxes, data grids, multi-window support, etc...
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3. jeroenhd ◴[12 Nov 25 10:04 UTC] No.45898340[source]▶
I don't think that's a problem? The .NET library this is about, that now supports MAUI code unchanged, is already used in programs like https://github.com/sourcegit-scm/sourcegit/blob/master/scree... and https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/GPU-Reshape/blob/main/Docum...
4. mwkaufma ◴[12 Nov 25 17:29 UTC] No.45902959[source]▶
This + a reasonable data transaction layer that supports undo and reasonably large (multi gb) data structures.