Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Desktop Apps?

Re:Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Deskto... by WorldMaker on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:33PM (#14247868)

Another direction might be to extend Cordova to support macOS and Linux. Cordova already supports building UWP for Windows Desktop/Xbox/HoloLens using the native HTML+JS stack. Seems to me like a lot of existing Cordova plugins just need subtle nudges to support macOS in addition to iOS. Then you just need a good Linux solution and you cover all the desktop environments.

Then narrow the few missing desktop-focused APIs that Electron has but Cordova doesn't have good plugins for. (It would also be nice to support more Node-like background processes in Cordova and more Node-native libraries, but you would need to find a good balance that plays well with mobile.)

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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Deskto... by roboguy12 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:42PM (#14247970)

There's also React Native, which can work on macOS (https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos). I'm not sure about other operating systems, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Deskto... by giaour on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:55PM (#14252676)

Microsoft has put out an implementation for Windows, too: https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows

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