I'm looking at development tools state and are surprised there are no higher level languages officially supported. From what I read, there are only C/C++ and QT on low level side and interpreted Python on higher end. Or am I missing something?
If there were to be apps on this OS/Phone, a proper business level languages are critical (thinking .NET/C#, Kotlin, Swift and such, perhaps even Rust).
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ilpianista@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 146d
It's possible to write native apps using Rust. Whisperfish is the most popular one.
Mihies@programming.dev · 1 pts · 146d
But there is no official love there, is it? I mean official support. How robust and complete are qt bindings? And perhaps other integrations?
ilpianista@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 146d
There's an official statement from Jolla in 2020 stating that they will improve Rust support. However, I must admit that I can't find anything in the docs.
I know that Whisperfish is working with Jolla to have it distributed via the official store. In my view, this would confirm official support.
I don't know about qt bindings support. I just started an app that uses a Rust library from C++/QML.
Mihies@programming.dev · 2 pts · 146d
If you ask me, developer tools are extremely important and they should focus more on them. 🤷