Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?
by Octoth0rpe on Saturday March 26, 2022 @07:29AM
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Worth noting that learning Flutter means learning the language Dart, which is good for pretty much exactly one thing: writing flutter apps. If a friend was seeking to achieve proficiency in either frontend web tooling for the purposes of writing an electron app versus learning Dart, I know which _I'd_ recommend to said friend given the long term marketability of each.
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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?
by Barrin92 on Saturday March 26, 2022 @07:47AM
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for what it's worth I recently tried Flutter out and despite having never used Dart I kind of.. could just write it. It feels like the most unopinionated Algol type language ever and I've you've ever written Java or C# or JS it's very natural to pick up.
It bothered me so little that overall Flutter seemed way simpler to me than the web-tech stack because I had also very little experience with web apps.
Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?
by Octoth0rpe on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:25AM
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I'm mainly a js developer these days, and I'd agree with that. At a language level, sure, Dart is quite easy to pick up. For every language though, I find the much harder part of being proficient is learning the ecosystem/best practices.
Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?
by raydev on Saturday March 26, 2022 @05:05PM
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> learning Flutter means learning the language Dart
I think any current experienced software developer can easily switch between 3 or 4 popular languages, and pick up Dart quickly too since it's not that different from everything else out there. Dart is not Brainfuck or Lisp.
Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?
by crossroadsguy on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:17PM
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But would I want to insert Dart among one of those 3-4 languages just to make Flutter apps? I doubt it.