Re:Electron 1.0 is here
by nilliams on Friday May 13, 2016 @05:28PM
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> WinRT isn't embracing JavaScript because JS is so great, but to make the platform more attractive to web developers.
That may be true for WinRT, but I did not mention WinRT. XAML/WPF were around a long time before that.
> Same with the HTML/CSS-style toolkits.
Not sure what you're referring to but no, I don't believe that's true for the projects I mentioned.
Your complaints with JS APIs are warranted, but won't apply to 90+% of apps. Still seems like an overall win to use Electron/NW.js over any other option currently.
That may be true for WinRT, but I did not mention WinRT. XAML/WPF were around a long time before that.
> Same with the HTML/CSS-style toolkits.
Not sure what you're referring to but no, I don't believe that's true for the projects I mentioned.
Your complaints with JS APIs are warranted, but won't apply to 90+% of apps. Still seems like an overall win to use Electron/NW.js over any other option currently.