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Re:Show HN: Ffftp – A Minimal FTP Client Built on Electron by benmcnelly on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @01:48PM (#13125043)
I tried doing this exact same thing and it wasn't as quick/easy as I hoped so I bailed, so first off, thank you for making it, and second, don't worry that its messy at least you got it started and that is the hard part.
Re:Show HN: Ffftp – A Minimal FTP Client Built on Electron by mitchas on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @02:08PM (#13125218)
Oh god I nearly bailed as well. Some things were a huge pain to get working.

That's why the code is so messy. A lot of old code left over from trial/error - and a lot of terrible loops to prevent dual FTP connections (which would error).