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Re:Interview with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js by mahyarm on Thursday August 31, 2017 @04:59PM (#15143869)
It's still 3 more platforms, which means 3 more developers, which leads to more $$$. Not everyone is VC backed with multi-millions.
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Re:Interview with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js by gaius on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:05PM (#15143917)
But one of these "offline" apps has to work in Firefox, IE and Safari, so really, it's no different
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Re:Interview with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js by squeaky-clean on Thursday August 31, 2017 @06:49PM (#15144643)
As long as you stick to the APIs implemented in each browser, your code can be exactly identical. Realistically, you'll probably need to add some polyfills and edge case handling for IE, but it's much less than developing for different full-on platforms.
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Re:Interview with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js by moosingin3space on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:05PM (#15144743)
With the major exception that all evergreen browsers (most browsers in wide use today) quickly officially support new web standards, but Windows, OS X, and Linux are unlikely to ever officially support each others' native toolkits.
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