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That's my impression too. It seems like a lot of the "native development is hard, so I use Electron" have never once used native C# with Visual Studio.
by _pmf_ 7y ago
That's my impression too. It seems like a lot of the "native development is hard, so I use Electron" have never once used native C# with Visual Studio.
- Arbalest 7y agoWhen all you have is Javascript, everything looks like a nail
- mceachen 7y agoOr they might not have the bandwidth to deal with n different builds. I've written UIs in native motif, x, mfc, Android, and iOS, but with modern HTML & CSS (especially in the last couple years with flexbox, grid, canvas, svg support) and TypeScript it seems like there's new goodness daily. That said, I'd love a divorce from Electron if something else would give me a system tray, node runtime, and seamless upgrades, supported cross-platform.
- megous 7y agoVisual Studio. That's a deal breaker right there. With Electron runtime you can just write a text file on any of the supported platforms and you have a working, running desktop app. No compilation needed. No need to install SDKs, deal with builds, project files, etc.