Guidance for adding new language support for Slint

[bmitc]

Hello! While I am interested in trying out Slint using Python and/or Rust, I am also interested in using it from other languages/VMs.

Is there general guidance for how to go about adding Slint support to another language? Does a compiler for the Slint declarative language that generates code in the target language need to be built? Do bindings to some C library need to be made? Any ordering of steps needed would be helpful!

If it all helps, the languages (and their associated VMs) I am interested in adding support for are F# (.NET/CLR) and Elixir (Erlang/BEAM). I am familiar with building bindings to C libraries, such as GLFW, inany languages and with Qt Quick using QML and Qt for Python.

Thank you!

[bmitc]

Also, I am aware of #3550, but I would like to understand things from the ground up and find it is often easier to build things up from scratch once that understanding comes into place. Plus, I am not aware of any attempts for Erlang or Elixir.

[ogoffart]

Thank for your interest.

There is currently no such guidance.

Does a compiler for the Slint declarative language that generates code in the target language need to be built?

That depends on the language. If this is a compiled language, it would make sense. Or if there are types to generate to ease linting.

But there are two approach

1. make binding for the slint-interpreter crate
2. have deeper integration with a compiler to the target language.