Slint 1.0 with Tobias Hunger

Allen Wyma talks with Tobias Hunger (twitter.com/t_hunger), developer on Slint (slint-ui.com). Slint is a toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for any display. Slint has just made a 1.0 release.

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Timestamps

• [@00:00] - Introduction

• [@04:02] - Slint updates and progress from the previous interview

• [@06:15] - Upgrades that came along releasing of Slint 1.0

• [@11:12] - Bugs fixed in Slint 1.0

• [@12:43] - Stability, improved tooling and other key features in the Slint upgrade

• [@15:34] - Multi-window support

• [@18:26] - Screen reader accessibility and keyboard shortcut in Slint

• [@22:04] - Raspberry Pi Pico and Zero 2 W

• [@24:21] - Rust support, line buffering and graphics acceleration

• [@26:10] - Other UIs that are out in the Rust space

• [@27:17] - Handling bugs and feature reports

• [@29:10] - Slint documentation

• [@34:02] - Patch files

• [@37:16] - Plans for the 1.1 release

• [@38:51] - Interesting ways users used Slint API

• [@40:30] - Slint users and Rust community feedback

• [@43:35] - Requiring that users have a Rust compiler installed

• [@46:31] - Programming with Rust vs C, C++

• [@48:33] - Tobias’ great experience with the Rust community

Credits

Intro Theme: twitter.com/AerocityMusic

Audio Editing: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset (twitter.com/jonhoo)

Show Notes: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosts: Allen Wyma (twitter.com/allenwyma)