Electron considered harmful

Re:Electron considered harmful by jules on Thursday November 24, 2016 @12:22PM (#13031423)

This article makes a good point, but what's the alternative? There is no good cross-platform GUI solution. Qt, GTK, JavaFx, wxWidgets, none of them are very good. Electron at least has the advantage of being fully cross-platform and not having to learn a whole new universe if you're already familiar with the web.

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Re:Electron considered harmful by lambda on Thursday November 24, 2016 @01:02PM (#13031705)

For cross-platform apps, Qt is the best I've used. But it does have its warts, and it is big, it will probably bloat your app by about as much as Electron does.

But yeah, there's no one clear winner, which means that Electron is not a uniquely bad choice. Sure, it might be a little heavyweight for a really small simple app, and if you're not aiming for something cross platform your native widget toolkit might be a better idea.

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Re:Electron considered harmful by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday November 24, 2016 @12:48PM (#13031604)

>There is no good cross-platform GUI solution.

TTK. That is all.

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