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author: ellis <ellis@rwest.io>
date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:56:57 -0400
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 #+TITLE: ui
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 #+LOCATION: https://lab.rwest.io/otom8/notes
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 #+AUTHOR: ellis
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 * Overview
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 UI is a hot topic in the programming world. Nowadays it is expected
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 that production apps have multiple 'frontends' each supporting a
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 certain kind of UI. Here are some of the ones we care about:
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 - Web GUI
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   Runs in a web browser
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 - Native GUI
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   Runs natively using host OS or graphics hardware directly
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   - OS-based
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   - bare-metal
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 - CLI
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   Runs at a shell prompt
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 - Modular \\
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   Runs a combination of the above types, usually configurable at
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   run-time and with a separate backend service.
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 Our goal is to establish footholds in these areas of UI development
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 with our in-house libraries. We do this by creating a generic UI
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 protocol and implementing it for the various types above.