Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:55PM (#32121882)

This framework does this same thing:

> It does not embed a browser, so it is resource efficient. Instead, it uses the native rendering engine for the platform. On Windows, this is the new Microsoft Webview2 library, built on Chromium.

https://wails.io/docs/introduction#native-elements

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:09PM (#32122001)

You missed my remark between parenthesis.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:13PM (#32122038)

Not really sure what your point is. That these things are unimpressive? Agreed. It's just one lazy approach to a problem (multi-platform apps) that's not easy to solve. Webviews are a cheap way to get there.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:25PM (#32122120)

The way is to use the Web as is, and native for everything else.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:29PM (#32122146)

Yeah, if you have unlimited time and money.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:03AM (#32124607)

Apparently plenty of business do.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:15AM (#32124874)

May you be lucky enough to work for them.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:51AM (#32124987)

Plenty of people are.

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