From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88816C18DA for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:09:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72260870E3 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:09:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jI-Ax-6sXNiP for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:09:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:17:09 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-ot1-f50.google.com (mail-ot1-f50.google.com [209.85.210.50]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3AF9C84B62 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:09:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ot1-f50.google.com with SMTP id d5so8249709otp.4 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:09:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=msafi-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=I6a4GLuBbfUoJm57OWem4UjYKG3AMoQP2T/GirYOn0g=; b=0M8rPX4Bg0cQKlSwjbhkHxbt66jRqpcolxosQVmLdSSxNMWn/bqMa47W/gaWBhSGR2 SBCAsk24ne7Toc2Z+U5kqZUQ7oz7qSZsJClWDZTDR4dFkmqKH0A41wxJliXH0vk5zu9a bMGBCN+unoup/WTQTrJhUUrgHrzB78Zh2KBomUekLCXmooeaRxLX5RnEjpUZcKSZLvTm Il8W6+kEKrN1lqZ0gPQ9OadR9Kv2A1NNR6VdnlgD6BQW9dPnaE/VMX9SfJrpNIPukhjN RberF7hToVzmhSe7bNPcc9+mhLq9sASaEti3ov2wtIRLjGcSU8YpH7f/rHNksHzrvmcS 5W8Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=I6a4GLuBbfUoJm57OWem4UjYKG3AMoQP2T/GirYOn0g=; b=qSSxHW6Lk/sn2BemY79itpxO3QL3T6a/oQW/tw4e7N7Qrc5QmjtxJKt27a/+hhOYTS uVEbM2VEYSqs8CS0ACtJAgHtzQavwA+L4UeZNlu+rG1EDgmm7HCPLcyQgPdAve7qFIx8 56Jbh6ZIC3HNf6pLEHP3riO8382EM9PwbObCvzTRMViSe+zNIzCh77z7gigdpwUyctgr BB8T9VjsY4VLMYhjYt3qDsdc6WzbzW1cEOYkv0pFymbTJd/uqmvfEDNYWNZZQroktbmn M9lH9308a18/yNAsAqsK7jA49L6+ntfhfy9r8GBMAwn2BRjt4RZzVvcOfCbg1j1YxOAR Sgag== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWXYpVC8hGS/wSfPikMI1RkbmbaBjpEDwjcTu8+pHEp7rf6pwc1 fyI64dadMMEGPcpYG8ke/Ti3geIu27M5AsPiyidLawkneNM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyImlcM6NwQo5VbgbdqOQIu1LVLiXkaoGo0SvD/fXkiLGg3yIO7lBcDSW8xScJUz2XvHXyl2Z94v782AgZwdus= X-Received: by 2002:a0d:e891:: with SMTP id r139mr12802142ywe.232.1574491514112; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:45:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "M.K. Safi" Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:45:02 -0800 Message-ID: To: "bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000066a3b40597fddf29" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 13:17:19 +0000 Subject: [bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:09:41 -0000 --00000000000066a3b40597fddf29 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I=E2=80=99d like to try to rebuild Bitcoin Core GUI using the JavaScript El= ectron framework. My goal is to get a real world understanding of the pros and cons of moving from Qt to Electron. Before I start, I=E2=80=98d like to know if this has been tried before or i= f there are ongoing efforts in this direction by anyone? I spent sometime looking into how to implement this. One approach could be for Electron to drive the UI by running bitcoind and communicating with it through RPC. But I don=E2=80=99t know if such implementation can achieve feature-parity with the Qt implementation. Qt has the advantage of direct access to Bitcoin Core code. Anyways, I just wanted to share these ideas before going further with them, so please let me know if you have any information on the above! --=20 Sent from my iPhone --00000000000066a3b40597fddf29 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I=E2=80=99d like to try to rebuild Bitcoin Core GUI using= the JavaScript Electron framework. My goal is to get a real world understa= nding of the pros and cons of moving from Qt to Electron.

Before I start, I=E2=80=98d like to know = if this has been tried before or if there are ongoing efforts in this direc= tion by anyone?

I spent = sometime looking into how to implement this. One approach could be for Elec= tron to drive the UI by running bitcoind and communicating with it through = RPC. But I don=E2=80=99t know if such implementation can achieve feature-pa= rity with the Qt implementation. Qt has the advantage of direct access to B= itcoin Core code.

Anyway= s, I just wanted to share these ideas before going further with them, so pl= ease let me know if you have any information on the above!
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