Entice Designer 0.8.5 now adds support for designing DWT shells and widgets, as well as DFL forms and controls!

New in this version:
 * Added support for designing DWT shells and widgets.
 * Added DWT autocomplete information; must be enabled.
 * Improved API Viewer.
 * Slightly changed autocomplete lists.

Download and more information:
   http://www.dprogramming.com/entice.php

Here is a screenshot using DWT:
   http://www.dprogramming.com/enticedwt.gif
Other screenshots found on the Entice page.

Entice also makes a good code editor, if you're not intersted in a GUI builder.

Note that the new DWT support does not mean DFL will be abandoned; DFL is actually getting many updates, and both libraries have their own pros and cons.

There has also been a minor maintenance update to DFL, version 0.9.7.01:
   http://www.dprogramming.com/dfl.php
Note that the testing snapshots include these changes and more.

- Chris Miller (the original)

在 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:08:48 +0800，Chris Miller <chris@dprogramming.com> 写道:

> Entice Designer 0.8.5 now adds support for designing DWT shells and widgets, as well as DFL forms and controls!
>
> New in this version:
>   * Added support for designing DWT shells and widgets.
>   * Added DWT autocomplete information; must be enabled.
>   * Improved API Viewer.
>   * Slightly changed autocomplete lists.
>
> Download and more information:
>     http://www.dprogramming.com/entice.php
>
> Here is a screenshot using DWT:
>     http://www.dprogramming.com/enticedwt.gif
> Other screenshots found on the Entice page.
>
> Entice also makes a good code editor, if you're not intersted in a GUI builder.
>
> Note that the new DWT support does not mean DFL will be abandoned; DFL is actually getting many updates, and both libraries have their own pros and cons.
>
> There has also been a minor maintenance update to DFL, version 0.9.7.01:
>     http://www.dprogramming.com/dfl.php
> Note that the testing snapshots include these changes and more.
>
> - Chris Miller (the original)

Nice work!
That means my ideas on the dwt wiki page meaningless?

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Chris Miller wrote:
> Entice Designer 0.8.5 now adds support for designing DWT shells and widgets, as well as DFL forms and controls!
> 
> New in this version:
>  * Added support for designing DWT shells and widgets.
>  * Added DWT autocomplete information; must be enabled.
>  * Improved API Viewer.
>  * Slightly changed autocomplete lists.
> 
> Download and more information:
>    http://www.dprogramming.com/entice.php
> 
> Here is a screenshot using DWT:
>    http://www.dprogramming.com/enticedwt.gif
> Other screenshots found on the Entice page.
> 
> Entice also makes a good code editor, if you're not intersted in a GUI builder.
> 
> Note that the new DWT support does not mean DFL will be abandoned; DFL is actually getting many updates, and both libraries have their own pros and cons.
> 
> There has also been a minor maintenance update to DFL, version 0.9.7.01:
>    http://www.dprogramming.com/dfl.php
> Note that the testing snapshots include these changes and more.
> 
> - Chris Miller (the original)


Many thanks for this valuable contribution, Chris. I'm hoping both dfl and dwt continue to grow more popular. :)

Incidentally, I've been testing the pre-releases of Entice leading up to this announcement, and dwt users might be interested to know that Entice also runs on Linux under the Wine emulator.   Also, Entice dwt output should be buildable on both linux or windows.

I look forward to seeing future releases of Entice Designer as it progresses towards a comprehensive IDE.

Once again, great work!

-JJR

davidl wrote:

> Nice work!
> That means my ideas on the dwt wiki page meaningless?
> 

Not at all.  The more the merrier! :)

There will always be plenty of opportunities for alternatives. The right mixture of resources, interest, and motivation is all that's necessary.

-JJR

Wow, great!
Thanks for this Chris. A GUI designer for DWT was asked for many times.

Do you plan to add support for Layouts in future?

Frank Benoit Wrote:

> Wow, great!
> Thanks for this Chris. A GUI designer for DWT was asked for many times.
> 
> Do you plan to add support for Layouts in future?

In the past I have used VEP (or something like that). It is a visual editor for Eclipse. It has layouts and everything. Generates SWT code. Takes only a minute to convert to D.

Hi. I started to play with DFL and Entice Designer. Are you planning to stop development of DFL and move to DWT? There are many diferent GUI toolkits, so I am confused which one to choose.

bobef napsal(a):
> Frank Benoit Wrote:
> 
>> Wow, great!
>> Thanks for this Chris. A GUI designer for DWT was asked for many times.
>>
>> Do you plan to add support for Layouts in future?
> 
> In the past I have used VEP (or something like that). It is a visual editor for Eclipse. It has layouts and everything. Generates SWT code. Takes only a minute to convert to D.

bobef wrote:
> Frank Benoit Wrote:
> 
>> Wow, great!
>> Thanks for this Chris. A GUI designer for DWT was asked for many times.
>>
>> Do you plan to add support for Layouts in future?
> 
> In the past I have used VEP (or something like that). It is a visual editor for Eclipse. It has layouts and everything. Generates SWT code. Takes only a minute to convert to D.

Probably making VEP work for Descent + DWT is going to be very easy then. :-)

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> bobef wrote:
>> Frank Benoit Wrote:
>>
>>> Wow, great!
>>> Thanks for this Chris. A GUI designer for DWT was asked for many times.
>>>
>>> Do you plan to add support for Layouts in future?
>>
>> In the past I have used VEP (or something like that). It is a visual editor for Eclipse. It has layouts and everything. Generates SWT code. Takes only a minute to convert to D.
> 
> Probably making VEP work for Descent + DWT is going to be very easy then. :-)


Of course, Activating VEP for DWT would be a welcome addition :).  But I'm pleased to see an alternative provided by a light-weight program like Entice: it's fast to load and easy to use -- this is a big advantage.  Eclipse tends to be bulky and complicated (though very comprehensive).  Having both Entice and VEP available would be optimal, though, to cater to different users.

Of course, what would be fun to see eventually would be a whole port of Eclipse to d and dwt... but I think I'd be dreaming...

-JJR

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:37:12 +0100, Dan Matějka wrote:

> Hi. I started to play with DFL and Entice Designer. Are you planning to stop development of DFL and move to DWT? There are many diferent GUI toolkits, so I am confused which one to choose.
> 
> bobef napsal(a):
>> Frank Benoit Wrote:
>> 
>>> Wow, great!
>>> Thanks for this Chris. A GUI designer for DWT was asked for many
>>> times.
>>>
>>> Do you plan to add support for Layouts in future?
>> 
>> In the past I have used VEP (or something like that). It is a visual editor for Eclipse. It has layouts and everything. Generates SWT code. Takes only a minute to convert to D.

As he said in his post, "Note that the new DWT support does not mean DFL will be abandoned; DFL is actually getting many updates, and both libraries have their own pros and cons."

DWT is supposedly the official GUI lib for D, but frankly it really doesn't matter choose one that is right for you.