Hi everyone, I'm currently learning Rust (I've mentioned the details before) and I'm halfway through 'the book'. During this journey, I decided to build a to-do app. Doing this in standard Rust without external libraries was quite simple, but I wanted to take it a step further by using Ratatui.

However, I struggled significantly with it, particularly with I/O operations and handling input/mouse events. This discouraged me and made me feel as if I didn't know Rust at all. I understand the concepts, but it seems like a library with very low abstraction, and the widget class feels a bit primitive to me. Additionally, I've never used a TUI library before.

Is it just me who feels this way, or do other beginners agree? Is there a TUI library available that is more beginner-friendly for a new Rust developer than Ratatui?

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