> Tools that let people leverage what they already know will always do better than those that require a whole bunch of learning up-front to use. Electron is jus

> Tools that let people leverage what they already know will always do better than those that require a whole bunch of learning up-front to use. Electron is just the latest example. Yes. In "Code Complete", Steve McConnell argues that although a programmer can learn a language syntax in a couple weeks, mastering the language, tools and libraries that make up a platform can take a couple of years. In other words, asking developers to build and maintain non-trivial products in a language that they don't already know is an even bigger burden than you might think, to the point that it's probably an unreasonable request.