Re:Electron and the Decline of Native Apps
by CyberDildonics on Friday December 07, 2018 @10:30PM
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I have no idea how this whole idea of doing something 3 times gained any momentum.
Do people not realize that you can use cross platform C++ libraries and essentially get the same program to compile on three different platforms, then just write it once? It really isn't that difficult. Use Qt, or Juce, or FLTK, the standard library and a couple of cross platform libraries for things like networking and you are in the clear.
The idea that anyone is actually maintaining three separate versions of a program is completely detached from reality.
Do people not realize that you can use cross platform C++ libraries and essentially get the same program to compile on three different platforms, then just write it once? It really isn't that difficult. Use Qt, or Juce, or FLTK, the standard library and a couple of cross platform libraries for things like networking and you are in the clear.
The idea that anyone is actually maintaining three separate versions of a program is completely detached from reality.