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Re:Windows native app development is a mess by smileybarry on Monday March 23, 2026 @01:14AM (#47485708)
WinJS was a bit different, where your app was genuinely just a bundle of JavaScript and a UWP host process dealt with the rendering. (No Electron-esque to deliver with your app) Made for some tiny, succinct apps.
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Re:Windows native app development is a mess by Klonoar on Monday March 23, 2026 @03:26PM (#47493995)
I am once again stating react-native-windows, the key part being native. It doesn't have anything to do with Electron.
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Re:Windows native app development is a mess by smileybarry on Saturday March 28, 2026 @10:58AM (#47555187)
This is why I said Electron-esque. I meant you didn't need a wrapper or renderer of some kind. You literally didn't bundle anything executable, your app was a ZIP of JS files & images that Windows spawned a host process for.
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