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Re:Consolidating the Linux Desktop App Story: An Idea by gabrielcsapo on Thursday July 13, 2017 @07:52PM (#14766320)
Most languages have the option to compiling to JS, all I am suggesting is that electron be the framework that people target. Having language support is possible by extending that framework.
Re:Consolidating the Linux Desktop App Story: An Idea by flukus on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:44PM (#14766596)
Transpiling just makes things more complicated. You have to know your own language, the target language and how all the idiosyncrasies are converted between the two. I delivers the worst of every world.