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Can I share some observations? There are a few things I really love about this: - You kept the end user in mind: You. The GUI looks like a mashup, in a good way: A Mac OS menu bar, Windows GUI feel and a NextSTEP launcher on top of a Unix like system. It shows that for every element, instead of simply recreating whatever system you decided to emulate, you took the parts you liked best from whatever system and simply recreated that. I haven't looked at the code too thoroughly, but I can probably find the same mindset there. - You kept the scope tight. It's easy to lose sight of the bare minimum MVP, especially when working on a hobby project. The functionality showcased here tells me that whenever you started implementation of a feature, you built exactly what you needed, nothing less, nothing more. - You also didn't get bogged down with premature optimizations. Yes, the PNG renderer is slow. But it does the bare minimum it's supposed to. But most of all, this takes a crazy amount of time, skills and dedication. You've probably encountered quite some frustrating moments you had to chew through, but now you're here, presenting your work. And it's awesome! |
If you looked at the code, you would indeed find a similar "take what you like and leave the rest" style mashup. I spent many years working on WebKit, so you find a lot of WebKit-style patterns, containers and templates. I also spent some years working on Qt, so there's a huge bit of that in the GUI library. :)