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How is that a selling point though? People using desktop toolsets never even have to think about that "problem" because it just doesn't exist when you're using
by arcticwombat 8y ago
How is that a selling point though?
People using desktop toolsets never even have to think about that "problem" because it just doesn't exist when you're using the right tools.
There are three types of tools for every job..
* The right kind
* The wrong kind
* The wrong kind but we'll make it work
Electron hits squarely in the third category by hiding the browser and webserver and pretending it's a real desktop application.
- todd3834 8y agoIt’s all about cross platform support. The reason you will see advantages listed this way is because the web browser is the real competitor here. So when people talk about what Electron can do they are comparing to the most obvious alternative of a web app.
- arcticwombat 8y agoThe web browser is not the real competitor here, that's a web developer fallacy if ever I saw one. As soon as you move to the desktop, you're competing with the desktop toolsets. People comparing Electron to the browser is missing the entire point of what Electron is for, which is pretending to be a native application.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoPretending or just ignoring because Electron is 95% developer benefit and 5% user benefit (only because the app might not exist otherwise).
- eschaton 8y agoYou’re also competing with native mobile tool sets on native. If you want to write software for a platform, write software for that platform. Don’t write software for some other platform, try to make it fit, and then declare it good.