Re:Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful
by throw__away7391 on Monday July 01, 2024 @12:35PM
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> stay away from Electron
Is this really still true though? VS Code and Slack are all quite polished and give me no issues as a user. Not sure what else I'd consider to build something similar.
Re:Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful
by naitgacem on Monday July 01, 2024 @03:10PM
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I might understand polished, but no issues sounds odd. What about the abysmal performance?
Also most folks building things do not have the resources that Microsoft has, so I believe VSCode is not a good represantative of most Electron software.
Well that's the killer right there. I too think it's way too painful to write Windows UI, especially if you want to stay away from Electron (which you should in almost all cases), but refusing to pay money for good software is going to severely hamper your goals in 99% of cases.