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0 pointsvips7L6y ago0 comments

Makes sense. The tornadofx hello world is pretty minimal too:

    class HelloWorld : View() {
      override val root = HBox(Label("Hello world!"))
    }

    class HelloWorldApp : App() {
      override val primaryView = HelloWorld::class
    }

I've bee conflicted in my research on choosing Tornado or default JavaFX

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thomascgalvin6y ago

I'm waiting for Tornado to support Java 11+ before I jump on the bandwagon. It's getting closer[1], but it's still not production ready, from what I can tell.

[1]: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx/issues/899

vips7LOP6y ago

Well I guess that makes it easier. I'd rather write Java than Kotlin anyway.

thomascgalvin6y ago

Really? That's the first time I've ever heard someone say that. What is it about Kotlin you don't like?

vips7LOP6y ago

I just like Java. I know it well and mainly don't have issues with the problems kotlin is trying to solve. The main benefits I see of kotlin are coroutines (coming to java with project loom) and nullable reference types (which isn't a deal breaker for me).

I also don't enjoy functional programming, I find that it quickly becomes unreadable and kotlin is a weird mix between FP and OOP.

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thomascgalvin6y ago

I'm waiting for Tornado to support Java 11+ before I jump on the bandwagon. It's getting closer[1], but it's still not production ready, from what I can tell.

[1]: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx/issues/899

vips7LOP6y ago

Well I guess that makes it easier. I'd rather write Java than Kotlin anyway.

thomascgalvin6y ago

Really? That's the first time I've ever heard someone say that. What is it about Kotlin you don't like?

vips7LOP6y ago

I also don't enjoy functional programming, I find that it quickly becomes unreadable and kotlin is a weird mix between FP and OOP.

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