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Key benefits

Learn how to use standard widgets, dialogs, and layouts as well as how to build your own

Understand how to develop an app and package and distribute it to different operating systems and app stores

Explore the design principles and vision of the Fyne toolkit and how that may align with your project

Description

The history of graphical application development is long and complicated, with various development challenges that persist to this day. The mix of technologies involved and the need to use different programming languages led to a very steep learning curve for developers looking to build applications across multiple platforms. In Building Cross-Platform GUI Applications with Fyne, you'll understand how the Go language, when paired with a modern graphical toolkit such as Fyne, can overcome these issues and make application development much easier. To provide an easy-to-use framework for cross-platform app development, the Fyne project offers many graphical concepts and design principles that are outlined throughout this book. By working through five example projects, you'll learn how to build apps effectively, focusing on each of the main areas, including the canvas, layouts, file handling, widgets, data binding, and themes. The book will also show you how the completed applications can then be run on your desktop computer, laptop, and smartphone. After completing these projects, you will discover how to prepare applications for release and distribute them to platform marketplaces and app stores. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create cross-platform graphical applications with visually appealing user interfaces and concise code.

Who is this book for?

This Fyne-Golang GUI book is for developers from any background who are looking to build cross-platform applications with a modern toolkit. It will also be useful for Go developers who are looking to explore graphical apps and GUI developers looking for a new toolkit for cross-platform development. Basic knowledge of Graphical User Interface (GUI) development is assumed (although a brief history is also included in the book). The book also features a short introduction to the Go language as a quick refresher.

What you will learn

Become well-versed with the history of GUI development and how Fyne and the Golang programming language make it easier

Explore how the Fyne toolkit is architected and the various modules are provided

Discover how Fyne apps can be tested and constructed using best practices

Construct five complete applications and deploy them to your devices

Customize the design of your apps by extending widgets and themes

Understand the separation and presentation of data and how to test and build applications that present dynamic data

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Stuart Rackham Nov 28, 2023

I seldom post reviews for products that I've brought, but I've given 5 stars for this book and, by extension, for Fyne itself. The book is concise and well written, as is the example code and the explanations. Fyne code is refreshingly easy to read and write, something I've not not experienced in a GUI framework since my Visual Basic days.

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Stephan Miller Apr 23, 2021

It like the Go language. It is fast and small and easier to understand and write code with than many other programming languages that compare to its speed and other features. Up to now, I have worked on blockchain projects to get my Golang experience.But now with Fyne, I can write cross-platform mobile apps using Golang, so I found this book and got to learning. The book walks you through developing a mobile app with Fyne. from app design, to project structure, to building releases. I have been a mobile developer for a few years already now and using Fyne for projects is a lot easier than developing in both Android and iOS.The author of the book explains every concept clearly and although I have mobile development experience, I have no doubt this will be a great book for beginning mobile developers.

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C S. Jun 15, 2022

Take your time working through the examples it's worth it.if you like GO Fyne is a great package to have around.

yummyyummy May 08, 2021

Well written book. Interesting tool kit. Good examples - clearly takes you through the example programs. Useful book.

Mohith Kumar Apr 04, 2021

Building Cross-platform UI apps is a very common requirement these days. Go language has evolved quite a bit however to build UI you still need to put in a lot of effort.That's where the Fyne framework is a lot of help. It provides API to build your cross-platform UI quickly. This book is a must if you are learning Fyne. The Chapters have detailed examples and cover everything you need to know.It's a nice supplement to the documentation.

Building Cross-Platform GUI Applications with Fyne: Create beautiful, platform-agnostic graphical applications using Fyne and the Go programming language

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