koindrop has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I've been setting up a new installation on my laptop and just finished getting CPAN going. I am now trying to decide on what gui toolkit to install. I have used Gtk2 in the past and know Gtk3 has been around for a bit, so I decided to do some searching on the differences. Most of what I have found seems to be several years old though, so I am just wondering what peoples opinion on Gtk2 vs Gtk3 are when it comes to perl. Also, while searching I have started to wonder about wxPerl. Portability is not an issue for me as my programs are only going to be run on my machine. Any input on what people use and why would be helpful.

Thank you.

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Re: Deciding on a gui toolkit
by $h4X4_|=73}{ (Monk) on Aug 12, 2016 at 10:21 UTC

    Gtk3 is a newer version and it works a lot better then Gtk2 in many ways look, feel, speed and usage. There could be some old platforms that may only run Gtk2. But if you can use the newest version then do so...
    There are many others using gnocl, QT. For portability QT looks like the winner but is written in C++.

    I think the funny thing about all the GUI stuff I just read is. A kinda new feature in Gtk3 that makes the GUI more uniform cross platform and easier to design is the use of CSS in the GUI.
    You can also write the GUI in HTML a lot faster then using some of the above programs. I see HTML as being a true URGUI (Universal Remote Graphical User Interface) in this time and age, but you don't need portability like you said. ッ

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Re: Deciding on a gui toolkit
by beech (Parson) on Aug 12, 2016 at 09:31 UTC
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Re: Deciding on a gui toolkit
by koindrop (Novice) on Aug 12, 2016 at 18:37 UTC

    Thank you for the input. I've decided on Gtk3.

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