u/RustieJames

Should I use Lanterna to create a TUI application or is Java not suitable for this?

I recently started using the terminal version of Joplin, the note taking app, while setting up linux servers as it's my first time setting those up and I want to be able to go back and remember how to do everything. I really like it and I've been looking for another project idea to get me to program more. So I want to basically build the same app but in a language that I know which is Java.

So far all I've found is the lanterna library to start doing this but the more I look, the more I think it would just make more sense to go to C or Rust for this.

Does anyone have any experience with Lanterna? Is it a robust library that gives you lots of options when it comes to design? I want it to have the sort of ascii art looking feel to it so the GUI element of lanterna I am not that interested in.

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u/RustieJames — 3 days ago