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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by bobblywobbles on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:48PM (#23214244)
I admire your words here.

I am on the other side, building electron apps, I appreciate the flexibility and ease because I would rather iterate on ideas then learn three different OS-hooks.

I do agree that memory usage is too high on these types of apps and we as developers can be lax about performance.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by smabie on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:36PM (#23215220)
When why not just use gtk or qt and call it a day? Electron is unnecessary.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by joshbaptiste on Sunday May 17, 2020 @05:08PM (#23215507)
Mainly due to them being both more tightly integrated to C++/Python than JS/TS for building desktop apps.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by smabie on Sunday May 17, 2020 @06:35PM (#23216148)
Yeah, but, honest question, why would you want to use JS if you didn't have to? It's like, the worst language possible.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by _630w on Sunday May 17, 2020 @10:25PM (#23217583)
If you use typescript, the tooling is great and the parent also mention it so I assume they are using it.

Code reusability between browser/desktop/mobile is one. Easier to find developers, faster development speed due to ecosystem, previous experience/familiarity etc. I guess.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by maple3142 on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:17AM (#23218278)
Maybe it is just your subjective opinion? I am pretty sure that there are people enjoy writing JS/TS over C++/Python.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by kristiandupont on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:33AM (#23219853)
I would pick writing JS over C++ any day. Of course, that's just my opinion. I am sure yours differs.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by squiggleblaz on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:21AM (#23232913)
JavaScript is actually not too bad. It lacks static types, but Typescript gives you one of the better type systems. But I'd take JavaScript over PHP or Bash any day of the week and twice on Fridays.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by fomine3 on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:02AM (#23219627)
If I were no experience for GUI development, I'd prefer to learn Web tech than Desktop tech like Qt because it look like more popular and versatile skill.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by roel_v on Sunday May 17, 2020 @07:49PM (#23216656)
When all you have is a hammer...
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by criddell on Sunday May 17, 2020 @07:55PM (#23216688)
So quantity > quality?
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by mingabunga on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:26PM (#23214583)
I agree too, and your average user is not going to care about the fact you've used Electron, or even know. It's a big win for development.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by thewebcount on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:58PM (#23214872)
I disagree. I mean they may literally not know that your app uses Electron, but they'll certainly have the feeling of, "Oh, that janky app that doesn't quite work correctly and makes my system slow."
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by criddell on Sunday May 17, 2020 @07:56PM (#23216701)
I think that might be true on Windows or Linux, but not on the Mac. It seems like Mac developers care more about making their application feel good to use.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by giulianob on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:54AM (#23218500)
Your average user has just come expect technology to suck nowadays. Go look around and many people are jaded by how poor things actually function.
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