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I wonder why more devs who are transitioning from javascript don't simply build a shell native app with a webview in it? UWP or .NET with a webview uses a lot l
by roryisok 9y ago
I wonder why more devs who are transitioning from javascript don't simply build a shell native app with a webview in it? UWP or .NET with a webview uses a lot less RAM than electron to do the same thing. I haven't run tests on MacOS but I bet Cocoa and Swift could do the same thing
- frou_dh 9y agoI assume a lot of the developers rely on (or at least have an affinity for) the niceties of Chromium/Blink. So using whatever webview is provided natively by the OS wouldn't be a straight swap.
- roryisok 9y agomaybe not, but electron requires some refactoring and learning a few new things by itself, it's also not a straight swap from a web app.
- frou_dh 9y agoWin7, for better or worse, is still a relevant OS. What engine does its native webview use? Some old IE thing that is garbage in comparison to Chromium?
- roryisok 9y agoValid point. But also worth pointing out that react native doesn't support win 7 either (probably for that exact reason), and is often suggested as an electron alternative.