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I really want React for desktop apps. Currently we are running into some performance issues with large datasets and spreadsheets, and being able to offer a perf

by d0100 10y ago

I really want React for desktop apps. Currently we are running into some performance issues with large datasets and spreadsheets, and being able to offer a performant desktop app would be ideal. Right now we're considering using .NET and ReoGrid, since Qt is too expensive and we only target Windows anyways.

NHern031 10y ago
.NET and WPF is a great choice for desktop applications. I have been creating desktop applications with WPF for the better part of a year, I find it very nice.
JD557 10y ago
If you have a performance problem and you only target one OS, using React seems more like a band-aid than a real solution. I assume your app is currently written in javascript, because I don't see any other reason to use React for performance. I think you should consider moving away from JS, it will probably save you from future problems.
- d0100 10y ago
  It was originally supposed to be (and built as) a web app, but it's only being used inside a corporate network (yay requirements). So that defeats the original purpose. Might as well make a desktop app.
rco8786 10y ago
You can use Electron and do that. Not a ton of love for it around here because omg a web page as a desktop app the horror but I've had good experiences with it. (And if you e ever used Slack or Atom, you've used Electron)
- coldtea 10y ago
  >You can use Electron and do that. Not a ton of love for it around here because omg a web page as a desktop app the horror but I've had good experiences with it. Parent specifically mentions they want to get away from the performance issues of web apps [1] -- and you suggest they use Electron -- and even bring up Atom and Slack as examples, the worst CPU/slowness offenders of all time? [1] "Currently we are running into some performance issues with large datasets and spreadsheets, and being able to offer a performant desktop app would be ideal"
  - rco8786 10y ago
    "I really want React for desktop apps". There's currently one way to achieve that, was simply suggesting it. They didn't mention web apps at all.
- idobai 10y ago
  Electron is the worst thing happened to desktop apps lately. They're slow and resource-hungry. It's a really bad idea.
- pierrec 10y ago
  You can use Electron to handle performance-sensitive large datasets and spreadsheets for a desktop app. But I think there is an even better solution for this: you could program it in DOS 5.0 batch and ship it with a Windows 3.1 VM to really juice out that last bit of performance and efficiency.
zerr 10y ago
Why are you unable to use free Qt?
- d0100 10y ago
  Just a bit of FUD on the LGPL license and the like.
wizardtrees 10y ago
Check out React Virtualized. I have used it with great success and large datasets. https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized/#/components/List https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized/#/components/Lis... https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized
migueloller 10y ago
Take a look at React Native for macOS [1]. [1] https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos

by d0100 10y ago

NHern031 10y ago

.NET and WPF is a great choice for desktop applications. I have been creating desktop applications with WPF for the better part of a year, I find it very nice.

JD557 10y ago

If you have a performance problem and you only target one OS, using React seems more like a band-aid than a real solution. I assume your app is currently written in javascript, because I don't see any other reason to use React for performance. I think you should consider moving away from JS, it will probably save you from future problems.

d0100 10y ago
It was originally supposed to be (and built as) a web app, but it's only being used inside a corporate network (yay requirements). So that defeats the original purpose. Might as well make a desktop app.

rco8786 10y ago

You can use Electron and do that. Not a ton of love for it around here because omg a web page as a desktop app the horror but I've had good experiences with it. (And if you e ever used Slack or Atom, you've used Electron)

coldtea 10y ago
>You can use Electron and do that. Not a ton of love for it around here because omg a web page as a desktop app the horror but I've had good experiences with it. Parent specifically mentions they want to get away from the performance issues of web apps [1] -- and you suggest they use Electron -- and even bring up Atom and Slack as examples, the worst CPU/slowness offenders of all time? [1] "Currently we are running into some performance issues with large datasets and spreadsheets, and being able to offer a performant desktop app would be ideal"
- rco8786 10y ago
  "I really want React for desktop apps". There's currently one way to achieve that, was simply suggesting it. They didn't mention web apps at all.
idobai 10y ago
Electron is the worst thing happened to desktop apps lately. They're slow and resource-hungry. It's a really bad idea.
pierrec 10y ago
You can use Electron to handle performance-sensitive large datasets and spreadsheets for a desktop app. But I think there is an even better solution for this: you could program it in DOS 5.0 batch and ship it with a Windows 3.1 VM to really juice out that last bit of performance and efficiency.

zerr 10y ago

Why are you unable to use free Qt?

d0100 10y ago
Just a bit of FUD on the LGPL license and the like.

wizardtrees 10y ago

Check out React Virtualized. I have used it with great success and large datasets. https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized/#/components/List https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized/#/components/Lis... https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized

migueloller 10y ago

Take a look at React Native for macOS [1]. [1] https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos