Re:Electron 6.0
by pier25 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:24AM
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> Can't we do better than this? Or do we have to accept and depend on Google to create our desktop software?
We're working on a crossplatform app that runs on macOS, Windows, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS.
The UI runs on a webview provided by each platform and it's the same codebase for all 5 platforms. The native layer is as thin as possible, but there is some functionality we've had to repeat in each platform.
The macOS app weights 15MB. A hello world in Electron weights over 100MB. I think we've done pretty good.
The previous version used Electron for Windows and macOS, and Cordova for Android and iOS. This allowed me to do the 5 platforms on my own but introduced many problems.
We're working on a crossplatform app that runs on macOS, Windows, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS.
The UI runs on a webview provided by each platform and it's the same codebase for all 5 platforms. The native layer is as thin as possible, but there is some functionality we've had to repeat in each platform.
The macOS app weights 15MB. A hello world in Electron weights over 100MB. I think we've done pretty good.
The previous version used Electron for Windows and macOS, and Cordova for Android and iOS. This allowed me to do the 5 platforms on my own but introduced many problems.