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which is a frontend-agnostic application development framework that uses Rust.
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For the frontend portion, I went with [React](https://react.dev/) as the UI framework
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and [Pico CSS](https://picocss.com/) for styling.
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and [Material UI](https://mui.com/) for styling. Although I started out with Pico CSS, I found that the styles and overall customization of the framework were limited, so I switched to MUI.
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It was based on the [old mod manager](https://github.com/ow-mods/ow-mod-manager)
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and tried to improve functionality and Linux support.
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Development took a little bit over 4 months, I made a
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Development took a little bit over 5 months, I made a
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[core package](https://github.com/Bwc9876/ow-mod-man/tree/main/owmods_core)
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so anyone can interface with mods, a
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[CLI](https://github.com/Bwc9876/ow-mod-man/tree/main/owmods_cli) for
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and a [GUI](https://github.com/Bwc9876/ow-mod-man/tree/main/owmods_gui) for
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user-friendliness.
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It was my first time distributing a full app to multiple sources and testing
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compatibility across multiple platforms. Getting Steam Deck support via [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/com.outerwildsmods.owmods_gui)
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It was my first time distributing a complete app to multiple sources and testing
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compatibility across various platforms. Getting Steam Deck support via [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/com.outerwildsmods.owmods_gui)
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was especially challenging.
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In hindsight, I think that Pico CSS wasn't a great fit for this project as it's
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more oriented towards simple static sites.
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Something like Material UI might have worked better.