Discussion - Topic: Rust for UI

This week's topic: Rust for UI

As described in Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol. #30.

The impact of Rust continues to grow, and many of the build and command-line tools we’ve covered recently are written in Rust. Now, we’re seeing movement in using Rust for UI development as well. The majority of teams who prefer to use the same language for code running in the browser and on the server opt to use JavaScript or TypeScript. However, with WebAssembly you can use Rust in the browser, and this is becoming a little more common now. Frameworks like Leptos and sauron focus on web development, while Dioxus and several other frameworks support cross-platform desktop and mobile app development in addition to web development.

Zoom link will be added about 10 min before the event starts.

Discussion Resources :

The state of Rust GUI libraries
https://blog.logrocket.com/state-rust-gui-libraries/

Tauri 2.0 Stable Release by Tillmann Weidinger
https://v2.tauri.app/blog/tauri-20/

Pax enters Beta: Rust GUIs with an integrated design tool by Zack Brown
https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1fdmjzl/pax_enters_beta_rust_guis_with_an_integrated/

A New Architecture for a GUI Framework by Gavin D. Howard
https://gavinhoward.com/2024/05/a-new-architecture-for-a-gui-framework/

Druid Tutorial: Making a simple GUI app in rust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaYANcf1j4

Simple GUI application with Slint and Rust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBcv4V-whHk