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This could be the killer "app" for Svelte, the ultra light web framework. A Brazilian team had trouble getting a non laggy UI in an underpowered POS device. Sve
by aitchnyu 8y ago
This could be the killer "app" for Svelte, the ultra light web framework. A Brazilian team had trouble getting a non laggy UI in an underpowered POS device. Svelte was the only framework fast enough for a snappy UI and still had best developer experience. There are now 200k of these devices deployed.
https://shoptalkshow.com/episodes/349/ https://shoptalkshow.com/episodes/349/
- Phenomenit 8y agoPoint of Sale right?
- aitchnyu 8y agoYeah.
- MarvelousWololo 8y agoWhy would they use JS for this kind of task is what make me curious. I'd guess there are better alternatives.
- acct1771 8y agoFind one.
- MarvelousWololo 8y agoI'm definitely not an expert on embedded development but I'd think C/C++ are predominant in the area.
- acct1771 8y agoTried to get a community of young/active people to take ownership of the future of a public project's codebase in either of those two lately? =[
- aitchnyu 8y agoI guess Moore's law allowing web developers to migrate to embedded space. In India, POS devices are Android, the de facto OS and huge talent pool. As full PCs native apps which drive dot matrix printers die, micro PCs and Androids with thermal printers which can print HTML take their place.