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From: "M.K. Safi" <msafi@msafi.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:30:24 -0800
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To: Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch>, 
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript
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Thank you for the feedback Jonas. It was helpful.

I'll take this topic off list since this is probably not the right place
for it, but just for those who emailed me asking about how to follow the
progress, I've been working on a proof-of-concept over the last month and
published it here: https://github.com/orange-org/orange

I would appreciate contributions toward growing this. Check out the bottom
of the README for ways to get involved. Thanks!

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 10:36 AM Jonas Schnelli via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> This is probably the wrong place to discuss that (OT).
>
> > I=E2=80=99d like to try to rebuild Bitcoin Core GUI using the JavaScrip=
t
> Electron framework. My goal is to get a real world understanding of the
> pros and cons of moving from Qt to Electron.
>
> There is a relatively new Bitcoin Core Github issue that covers that topi=
c
> [1].
> AFAIK many Bitcoin Core contributors (and users?) don=E2=80=99t like the =
idea of
> having a Browser and JavaScript to achieve a UI with relatively simple
> user-stories.
>
> I think if you want to do this, try to work on a third party project and
> let your Electron UI connect to Bitcoin Core over RPC.
> To avoid pulling, eventually use ZMQ or help getting long polling into
> Bitcoin Core [2].
>
> Adding a Electron/JavaScript UI to the Bitcoin Core repository is very
> unlikely to happen.
>
> [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17395
> [2] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7949
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you for the feedback Jonas. It was helpful.<div><br>=
</div><div>I&#39;ll take this topic off list since this is probably not the=
 right=C2=A0place for it, but just for those who emailed me asking about ho=
w to follow the progress, I&#39;ve been working on a proof-of-concept over =
the last month and published it here:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://github.com/or=
ange-org/orange">https://github.com/orange-org/orange</a></div><div><br></d=
iv><div>I would appreciate contributions toward growing this. Check out the=
 bottom of the README for ways to get involved. Thanks!</div></div><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 23=
, 2019 at 10:36 AM Jonas Schnelli via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bit=
coin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</=
a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi=
<br>
<br>
This is probably the wrong place to discuss that (OT).<br>
<br>
&gt; I=E2=80=99d like to try to rebuild Bitcoin Core GUI using the JavaScri=
pt Electron framework. My goal is to get a real world understanding of the =
pros and cons of moving from Qt to Electron.<br>
<br>
There is a relatively new Bitcoin Core Github issue that covers that topic =
[1].<br>
AFAIK many Bitcoin Core contributors (and users?) don=E2=80=99t like the id=
ea of having a Browser and JavaScript to achieve a UI with relatively simpl=
e user-stories.<br>
<br>
I think if you want to do this, try to work on a third party project and le=
t your Electron UI connect to Bitcoin Core over RPC.<br>
To avoid pulling, eventually use ZMQ or help getting long polling into Bitc=
oin Core [2].<br>
<br>
Adding a Electron/JavaScript UI to the Bitcoin Core repository is very unli=
kely to happen.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17395" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17395</=
a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7949" rel=3D"norefer=
rer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7949</a><br>
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