Should I build my own sprite-based UI system or wait?

[skinkairewalker]

Hello everyone, how u doing ?

I’ve been thinking about starting to develop my own UI system in PureBasic, using sprites as the foundation. The idea sounds exciting, but I’m also a bit hesitant.
My concern is: what if future versions of PureBasic eventually introduce a new, native UI framework? In that case, all the time and effort I put into building a custom system might end up being redundant or even obsolete.

Creating a full UI system from scratch is a big investment of time, and maintaining it long-term could be tricky if an official solution arrives later. At the same time, I don’t want to hold back progress on my projects just because of “what ifs.”

So I’d like to hear your opinions:
[*]Do you think it’s worth starting such a project now?
[*]Or would it be wiser to wait and see if a new UI system comes to PureBasic in the future?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

[Fred]

pf shadoko has already a working UI using PB sprite, it just need to be packaged. May be he can upload a lib for you to test.

[pf shadoko]

I can provide the library for Win64 or Win32
(but keyboard input does not work in library form, and I do not wish to give away the source code).

[skinkairewalker]

pf shadoko has already a working UI using PB sprite, it just need to be packaged. May be he can upload a lib for you to test.

awesooome

I can provide the library for Win64 or Win32
(but keyboard input does not work in library form, and I do not wish to give away the source code).

I would love to try it if possible!

[Rinzwind]

A UI without keyboard input? Hmm

Do I understand it correctly that we get some fresh UI goodies soon packaged in PureBasic?

[miso]

I would be happy with a keyboardinkey() that triggers with push, not with release...

[pf shadoko]

The keyboard issue has been resolved.

[skinkairewalker]

will it be a purebasic lib?

[skywalk]

Will this UI lib have antialiasing and the dreaded dpi awareness?

[Fred]

It's based on the PB vector library so it should be easy to do these kind of things

[skywalk]

Whoa! Encouraging.
Running hoops with javascript callbacks to a webviewer is not my favorite approach to realize a modern native gui.
What type of baseline "gadgets" are available? listbox, editable grid, popup menus?

[STARGÅTE]

Dear skinkairewalker,

[*]Do you think it’s worth starting such a project now?

My answer is a clear, yes!

My concern is: what if future versions of PureBasic eventually introduce a new, native UI framework? In that case, all the time and effort I put into building a custom system might end up being redundant or even obsolete.

Creating own libraries is never a waste of time. You always learn from it and increase your experience with PureBasic.
And your UI can be designed as you wish.
Aside from that, I would claim that PureBasic never would include a native sprite-based UI.

Creating a full UI system from scratch is a big investment of time, and maintaining it long-term could be tricky if an official solution arrives later.

Yes, that's true. I did it myself three times until I reached a state, where I can fully control/design my UI system via a XML document, where I can define graphics, sounds, events, and effects.

As a starting point, I would recommend some of my codes:
Typeface - Sprite-based font include/module
DisplayBoxedSprite() - Zoom sprites with fixed border and stretched center.

[marc_256]

Hi skinkairewalker,

I wrote my own GUI in screen mode for my CAD/CAM program.
It was a lot of work, yes a lot of work.
but ...
I'm happy I did it, the result is stunning.
and I learned a lot of programming in PB, sprites and OGRE.

Greetings,
marco

[skinkairewalker]

As a starting point, I would recommend some of my codes:
Typeface - Sprite-based font include/module
DisplayBoxedSprite() - Zoom sprites with fixed border and stretched center.

Thats awesome, I will definitely study your examples.

My answer is a clear, yes!

I wrote my own GUI in screen mode for my CAD/CAM program.
It was a lot of work, yes a lot of work.
but ...
I'm happy I did it, the result is stunning.
and I learned a lot of programming in PB, sprites and OGRE.

I thank you both for the encouragement!!

[Fred]

Whoa! Encouraging.
Running hoops with javascript callbacks to a webviewer is not my favorite approach to realize a modern native gui.
What type of baseline "gadgets" are available? listbox, editable grid, popup menus?

It's for games as it leverage sprite, opengl etc., not designed to be a replacement for WebView IMHO