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minimal is clearly referred to the UI, and not the ~50MB download.

by drc0 10y ago

mitchas 10y ago
It's unavoidable with Electron. I'm working on minimizing it as much as I can, but the electron base itself is 98% of the weight.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  > It's unavoidable with Electron. I think that's the point that they're making: Electron, due to its nature, isn't an optimal choice to build something that ought to be a small tool. This is obviously a kind of "hello world" learning experience for you, and I'm sure it'll be a useful stepping stone to work toward more complex programs that provide better justification for the footprint. And with that purpose in mind, it's a nice start. I personally don't care for some of the UI paradigms that are fashionable right now (the "flat" and "minimal" stuff), but this seems like a sane implementation of that style.
Finnucane 10y ago
Yeah, 'Minimal' and 'Electron' really don't go together. What is the need for a whole browser engine attached to an FTP client?
- Ianvdl 10y ago
  Something like a browser add-on is probably a better choice if the creator has a need to use web technologies.
pavlov 10y ago
Electron's footprint is rather shocking. It's essentially an entire operating system being included with each small GUI utility. For comparison, Windows 95's install package took up 19MB of disk space. So I guess Electron's 50MB is pretty efficient as far as operating systems go.
geofft 10y ago
At what point do we get an Electron runtime that can be distributed (and kept up-to-date) separately from the apps using Electron? .NET does this, Java does this, DirectX does this, etc.
- swiley 10y ago
  Run a webserver on localhost that only accepts local connections (most golang utilities with GUIs do this) or use a sain UI framework.
- kethinov 10y ago
  I have wondered this for some time. Why is making a common runtime for Electron so difficult?
  - strig 10y ago
    Looks like it is currently being worked on: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/673 https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/673

minimal is clearly referred to the UI, and not the ~50MB download.

by drc0 10y ago

minimal is clearly referred to the UI, and not the ~50MB download.

It's unavoidable with Electron. I'm working on minimizing it as much as I can, but the electron base itself is 98% of the weight.

khedoros1 10y ago
> It's unavoidable with Electron. I think that's the point that they're making: Electron, due to its nature, isn't an optimal choice to build something that ought to be a small tool. This is obviously a kind of "hello world" learning experience for you, and I'm sure it'll be a useful stepping stone to work toward more complex programs that provide better justification for the footprint. And with that purpose in mind, it's a nice start. I personally don't care for some of the UI paradigms that are fashionable right now (the "flat" and "minimal" stuff), but this seems like a sane implementation of that style.

Finnucane 10y ago

Yeah, 'Minimal' and 'Electron' really don't go together. What is the need for a whole browser engine attached to an FTP client?

Ianvdl 10y ago
Something like a browser add-on is probably a better choice if the creator has a need to use web technologies.

pavlov 10y ago

Electron's footprint is rather shocking. It's essentially an entire operating system being included with each small GUI utility. For comparison, Windows 95's install package took up 19MB of disk space. So I guess Electron's 50MB is pretty efficient as far as operating systems go.

geofft 10y ago

At what point do we get an Electron runtime that can be distributed (and kept up-to-date) separately from the apps using Electron? .NET does this, Java does this, DirectX does this, etc.

swiley 10y ago
Run a webserver on localhost that only accepts local connections (most golang utilities with GUIs do this) or use a sain UI framework.
kethinov 10y ago
I have wondered this for some time. Why is making a common runtime for Electron so difficult?
- strig 10y ago
  Looks like it is currently being worked on: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/673 https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/673