Re:Show HN: Chromely – Lightweight Alternative to Electron f...
by GordonS on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:35AM
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> You’re missing the context. The OP has created that Electron-like thing to embed into a windows-only WPF app.
I didn't miss that, I was talking in a more general sense about HTML vs WPF.
> Expression blend was, and still is, much better.
I never did actually try this properly - I had a brief play with it years ago when it first came out, but it seemed like a toy; maybe I should give it a go now it's had time to mature.
> Also JavaScript isn’t exceptionally good general-purpose programming language
No arguments there, I'm a sense-confessed JS hater ;) Typescript however, is an absolute joy to use.
I didn't miss that, I was talking in a more general sense about HTML vs WPF.
> Expression blend was, and still is, much better.
I never did actually try this properly - I had a brief play with it years ago when it first came out, but it seemed like a toy; maybe I should give it a go now it's had time to mature.
> Also JavaScript isn’t exceptionally good general-purpose programming language
No arguments there, I'm a sense-confessed JS hater ;) Typescript however, is an absolute joy to use.