Re:Ask HN: Why is everything in JavaScript changing so fast?
by webmaven on Monday October 24, 2016 @05:18AM
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> we could focus on app stores and sandboxes (which modern OSes also have both), instead of rewriting everything on the web.
Show me another way to write end-user applications that are cross platform, and then (if it existed prior to 1995, or even 2005) explain to me why your particular alternative didn't take over the world.
Heck, even standalone desktop and mobile apps are now being built with web technologies (react-native, Electron, etc.) rather than GUI frameworks like wxWidgets.
Show me another way to write end-user applications that are cross platform, and then (if it existed prior to 1995, or even 2005) explain to me why your particular alternative didn't take over the world.
Heck, even standalone desktop and mobile apps are now being built with web technologies (react-native, Electron, etc.) rather than GUI frameworks like wxWidgets.