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What is a less resource intensive but similarly easy to use tool that would let you make desktop apps?
by sdflkd 10y ago
What is a less resource intensive but similarly easy to use tool that would let you make desktop apps?
- throwaway2016a 10y agoQt is actually pretty easy to work with. Really, though, I would prefer to use Electron. It would be great if they could find a way for multiple electron apps to share a runtime so it would save both memory and reduce the download size.
- mattnewton 10y ago..like browser tabs? Obviously not the exact ui desired here, but an extension/bookmark would work, no?
- milankragujevic 10y agoChrome apps? Maybe not, since I'm not sure they're still alive, but I like(d) them.
- throwaway2016a 10y agoNot exactly. At least not until the browser has APIs to interact with more parts of the operating systems. The only times I've considered writing an Electron app vs a web app (which is my day job) is when it would have benefitted from an offline-first and/or needed system resources like tray icons, interacting with other desktop apps, reading system-level stats, executing native code, etc.
- Jonovono 10y agoFor real. I made http://plusaroo.com/ http://plusaroo.com/ recently. Mine seems to use ~ 30mb. As much as it seemed like overkill to use Electron for it, it just made the most sense for me. Hopefully those faults with electron can be addressed.
- richev 10y agoC# & WinForms
- bbcbasic 10y agoTut tut so pedestrian