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by rossant224 days ago |
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upvoteby ar-nelson224 days ago|
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I really like Mithril.js (https://mithril.js.org/), which is, IMO, as close as it gets to web IMGUI. It looks a lot like React, but rendering happens manually, either on each event or with a manual m.redraw() call.
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upvoteby k__224 days ago|
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I think, similar to Preact, Mithril skips the VDOM, which makes it "more immediate" than React.

However, updating the DOM and then turning the DOM to an image (i.e., rendering it) still has an indirection that using canvas/webgl/etc. don't have.

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upvoteby nathcd224 days ago|
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> I think, similar to Preact, Mithril skips the VDOM, which makes it "more immediate" than React.

Both Mithril and Preact use virtual DOMs:

https://mithril.js.org/vnodes.html

https://preactjs.com/tutorial/01-vdom

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upvoteby edflsafoiewq224 days ago|
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Isn't that basically what VDOM is?
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upvoteby k__224 days ago|
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A virtual DOM is another indirection, so the opposite of what immediate mode tries to accomplish.
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upvoteby edflsafoiewq224 days ago|
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Immediate mode only describes the interface.
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upvoteby k__224 days ago|
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Does it?

I had the impression that the lack of double buffering would imply a more direct access, this the "immediate" in the name.

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upvoteby oasisaimlessly224 days ago|
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Yes, "immediate" refers just to the API. Source: [1]

[1]: https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/About-the-IMGUI-paradi...

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