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> I don't see why I'd want it. It lets web devs use languages other than JS on the frontend. That's primarily why I'm excited about it. As for why electron, t

> I don't see why I'd want it. It lets web devs use languages other than JS on the frontend. That's primarily why I'm excited about it. As for why electron, the only real explanation I've heard from people that makes sense is the ease with which you can put together custom UI controls and style them. All of the desktop UI systems are great at the simple things, like putting default OS controls in an app, but complex things like creating custom controls, animations and complex styling appear extremely difficult to accomplish. At least, that's the way it seems to me.

CoolGuySteve 8y ago
And here I am just wishing for table cells and list views on the web that have functional mouse selection.
- sp332 8y ago
  Not sure if this is what you meant, but try holding the Ctrl key while selecting.
- nwienert 8y ago
  I’m launching this as part of an app platform soon-ish. If you’d like to beta test get in touch. Virtual tables and lists, with keyboard and shift/command selection modifiers, click and drag to select, edge scrolling, sorting, etc. All with a couple lines of code!
muxator 8y ago
Did you had a look at Qt? It can do best of both worlds
- ScottFree 8y ago
  I'm having a hard time finding a good, comprehensive comparison between Qt and Electron. My current understanding (which is probably wrong) is that Qt isn't much smaller than Electron itself and I would need to use C++. The animations do not look simple or easy to understand at all, but that's just a first glance. QtQuick, at first glance, is weird. It uses JS and the animation transitions look pretty close to css transitions. I guess what I'm looking for here is: how is it a clear win over electron other than just raw speed? Maybe I'll make a non-simple app in both electron and QtQuick and see how they compare in terms of ease of development, development speed, app size, ram usage and "speed".
  - pknopf 8y ago
    You don't need C++ with QML. https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet I used it at work on my embedded devices. https://medxchange.com/4klear-all-in-one-camera-recorder/ https://medxchange.com/4klear-all-in-one-camera-recorder/ I highly recommend it. PS: I'm the author.

CoolGuySteve 8y ago

And here I am just wishing for table cells and list views on the web that have functional mouse selection.

sp332 8y ago
Not sure if this is what you meant, but try holding the Ctrl key while selecting.
nwienert 8y ago
I’m launching this as part of an app platform soon-ish. If you’d like to beta test get in touch. Virtual tables and lists, with keyboard and shift/command selection modifiers, click and drag to select, edge scrolling, sorting, etc. All with a couple lines of code!

muxator 8y ago

Did you had a look at Qt? It can do best of both worlds

ScottFree 8y ago
I'm having a hard time finding a good, comprehensive comparison between Qt and Electron. My current understanding (which is probably wrong) is that Qt isn't much smaller than Electron itself and I would need to use C++. The animations do not look simple or easy to understand at all, but that's just a first glance. QtQuick, at first glance, is weird. It uses JS and the animation transitions look pretty close to css transitions. I guess what I'm looking for here is: how is it a clear win over electron other than just raw speed? Maybe I'll make a non-simple app in both electron and QtQuick and see how they compare in terms of ease of development, development speed, app size, ram usage and "speed".
- pknopf 8y ago
  You don't need C++ with QML. https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet https://github.com/qmlnet/qmlnet I used it at work on my embedded devices. https://medxchange.com/4klear-all-in-one-camera-recorder/ https://medxchange.com/4klear-all-in-one-camera-recorder/ I highly recommend it. PS: I'm the author.