Web gui

[gedw99]

Anyone thought about a web gui ?

A htmx one would be very easy and easy to maintain in golang .

I have been using UIKit with htmx and is been so easy to maintain.

the sse add in also makes the gui multi user real time, so everyone sees any changes.

therecare plenty of gold g htmx examples out there and it’s getting pretty popular

[julien040]

Hello @gedw99,
I've already thought about something similar. Below is a sketch I made when I had the idea.

But beyond the technology used (I'm much more familiar with React), what would be the use case of such an interface? To manage your data like a spreadsheet (you can already do something similar with Datagrip, Beekeeper, etc.)? To configure any query and bypass the terminal?

I can see myself implementing the web GUI, but it needs to be useful. What use cases are you seeing with a GUI?

[gedw99]

mhhh interesting GUI prototype.

I concur. No point doing a GUI unless it's useful. SO then:

• See the data
• Configure the system at runtime.
• See Logs to help with debug after oyu have configured the system.

1. Spreadsheet that is a generic one. a bit like what you have in that screenshot.

2. Node graph that shows the sources and targets .

There is an interesting thing about a Google sheet, a form of spreadsheet. The underlying "if this cell changes, update these cells", is what in a way any query is doing. This is why the Node Graph aspect is relevant.

food for thought ?

As far as React virus HTMX, is concerned admit to be a total HTMX fanboy. I think its because HTMX its a no compile needed setup. just an ESM import and templates and off you go. With the SSE extension, you get real time updates. Kind of useful for a GUI thats really a User / Dev IDE. Thats my own experience on this though.

I have been using HTMX with UIKIT. It so easy it feels like cheating. Everything is no compile for me and the end users.

https://getuikit.com/v2/docs/documentation_get-started.html and 4 imports in your html headers and you off to the races. Add HTMX header imports and your done.

[julien040]

I haven't got the time to push this idea further, but I still keep it in mind.

I am converting the issue to a GitHub discussion in order to further discuss the potential GUI implementation.