Re:Building a desktop application with Electron
by mcphage on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @09:54PM
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> The problem with this is that users have to download a binary of over 40mb just to run a "hello world" app.
Sure, but the overhead is pretty fixed. So yes, if all your app does is say "hello world", then the overhead ends up being 99% of the app. But maybe you shouldn't be making an app for that in the first place? If your application actually does something, and has code, and text, and images, and audio, then the overhead is negligible.
Sure, but the overhead is pretty fixed. So yes, if all your app does is say "hello world", then the overhead ends up being 99% of the app. But maybe you shouldn't be making an app for that in the first place? If your application actually does something, and has code, and text, and images, and audio, then the overhead is negligible.