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Porting a cross-platform GUI application to Rust

This post details the approach taken to rewrite the crash reporter in Rust. It discusses the reasons for the rewrite, the unique requirements of the crash reporter, and the UI implementations used.

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Apr 23, 2024•18m read time•From hacks.mozilla.org
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Why Rewrite?Crash Reporting is an Edge CaseBuilding a GUI View AbstractionThe UI ImplementationsMocking and TestingThe End ProductAbout Alex Franchuk
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