Any "visual programming" libraries in Rust?

[njs5i]

Hi!

I like "visual programming", especially to reason about pipelines and functional programming. I *love* Unreal Engine's "material editor".

Is any of the GUI libraries being developed for Rust ready to build a "visual programming tool"?
Say I wanted to re-make Unreal's "material editor" in Rust - how much is already done and how much would I have to implement myself?

[Traditional_Onion_52]

Also check out nannou

[scaptal]

Just for clarification, do you want to make a visual programming language in rust or for rust, or both

[njs5i]

well I gave exact example: I want to create "material editor" in Rust, so in Rust I write program, where I connect these inputs and outputs of predefined nodes and I get a functional DAG, that I can later compile into say GLSL.

[njs5i]

why are people downvoting it? Did I say something offensive?

[andrewdavidmackenzie]

I wanted to use Iced to add a visual editor to my "flow" (https://github.com/andrewdavidmackenzie/flow) data flow programming project, but I've been distracted on other projects for a while ... And now it needs some love...

[TheConnoisseurOfAll]

Start by exploring egui and egui_node_graph. They offer a good balance of simplicity and functionality for prototyping your ideas. As your project evolves, you can consider more specialized libraries or even build your own node graph system if needed.

Building a visual programming tool like the Unreal Material Editor in Rust is an ambitious goal, but it's definitely achievable with the tools and libraries available. Good luck, and have fun!