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gowd

Build cross platform GUI apps with GO and HTML/JS/CSS (powered by nwjs)

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How to use this library:

  1. Download and install nwjs
  2. Install this library go get github.com/dtylman/gowd
  3. Clone this repo.
  4. Place package.json, index.html, main.go and main.js from [template](cmd/template/) in a new folder.
  5. go build
  6. Edit main.js and set goBinary to your your executable name: javascript var goBinary = "./template"; //or template.exe
  7. Run nw ., the hello world template should appear: [hello-world](cmd/template/hello-world.png)

Usage

Simplest "hello world":


import "github.com/dtylman/gowd"

func main() {
    body, err := gowd.ParseElement("<h1>Hello world</h1>", nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    gowd.Run(body)
}

Adding a button:


import (
    "github.com/dtylman/gowd"
)

func main() {
    body, err := gowd.ParseElement("<h1>Hello world</h1>", nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    p := body.AddElement(gowd.NewElement("p"))
    btn := p.AddElement(gowd.NewElement("button"))
    btn.SetText("Click me")
    btn.OnEvent(gowd.OnClick, btnClicked)
    gowd.Run(body)
}

func btnClicked(sender *gowd.Element, event *gowd.EventElement) {
    sender.SetText("Clicked!")
}

Creating and binding from HTML:

import (
    "github.com/dtylman/gowd"
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    body, err := gowd.ParseElement("<h1>Hello world</h1>", nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    p := body.AddElement(gowd.NewElement("p"))
    em := gowd.NewElementMap()
    p.AddHtml(`<select id="select1">
        <option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Please select a name</option>
        <option value="1">One</option>
        <option value="2">Two</option>
        </select>`, em)
    em["select1"].OnEvent(gowd.OnChange, btnClicked)
    em["select1"].Object = body
    gowd.Run(body)
}

func btnClicked(sender *gowd.Element, event *gowd.EventElement) {
    body := sender.Object.(*gowd.Element)
    body.AddElement(gowd.NewStyledText(fmt.Sprintf("Selected %s", event.GetValue()), gowd.BoldText))
    body.AddElement(gowd.NewElement("br"))
}

Using bootstrap:

'gowd' supports creating bootstrap elements using the [bootstrap](bootstrap/) package.

First, add bootsrap css and js to your index.html file:

    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.min.css"/>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

Then you can create bootsrap items:


import (
    "github.com/dtylman/gowd"

    "github.com/dtylman/gowd/bootstrap"
    "time"
    "fmt"
)

var body *gowd.Element

func main() {
    //creates a new bootstrap fluid container
    body = bootstrap.NewContainer(false)
    // add some elements using the object model
    div := bootstrap.NewElement("div", "well")
    row := bootstrap.NewRow(bootstrap.NewColumn(bootstrap.ColumnLarge, 6, div))
    body.AddElement(row)
    // add some other elements from HTML
    div.AddHTML(`<div class="dropdown">
    <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown Example
    <span class="caret"></span></button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a href="#">HTML</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">CSS</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li>
    </ul>
    </div>`, nil)
    // add a button to show a progress bar
    btn := bootstrap.NewButton(bootstrap.ButtonPrimary, "Start")
    btn.OnEvent(gowd.OnClick, btnClicked)
    row.AddElement(bootstrap.NewColumn(bootstrap.ColumnLarge, 4, bootstrap.NewElement("div", "well", btn)))

    //start the ui loop
    gowd.Run(body)
}

// happens when the 'start' button is clicked
func btnClicked(sender *gowd.Element, event *gowd.EventElement) {
    // adds a text and progress bar to the body 
    text := body.AddElement(gowd.NewStyledText("Working...", gowd.BoldText))
    progressBar := bootstrap.NewProgressBar()
    body.AddElement(progressBar.Element)

    // makes the body stop responding to user events
    body.Disable()

    // clean up - remove the added elements
    defer func() {
        body.RemoveElement(text)
        body.RemoveElement(progressBar.Element)
        body.Enable()
    }()

    // render the progress bar
    for i := 0; i <= 123; i++ {
        progressBar.SetValue(i, 123)
        text.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("Working %v", i))
        time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 20)
        // this will cause the body to be refreshed
        body.Render()
    }

}

This will yield the following app:

[Simple](docs/template.gif)

More a more advanced usage, see the [Todo](cmd/todomvc/readme.md) sample

[TodoMVC](docs/todomvc.gif)