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The answer is much simpler. When people created desktop apps - they needed a datastore that was simple and reliable to use. SQLite was perfect for this. Now,
by tiffanyh 4y ago
The answer is much simpler.
When people created desktop apps - they needed a datastore that was simple and reliable to use. SQLite was perfect for this.
Now, no-one is creating desktop apps anymore (everything is a web app), but people still need a simple & reliable datastore. Even though SQLite has historically advertised to not be used for client/server, people are finding that SQLite works great for most web apps as well.
- marpstar 4y ago"Native Mobile Apps" are the new "Desktop App". They can both be client apps to a remote server/datastore, or not. "Desktop Apps" didn't go away, the internet-connected apps just overtook them.
- luvs2code 4y agoI really miss desktop apps. They worked so well and didn't have half the problems that come with web apps. I'm working on a project, for fun not for money, that uses Golang and talks to a SQLite database for things like accounts and user content. So far I really enjoy writing it a lot but I have to admit that it would probably have issues if it scaled to a large number of users. In fairness to SQLite it was designed in a different era technologically. Maybe there will be a replacement for the web app era if we distill what we like about SQLite
- NonNefarious 4y agoMy company just finished a new desktop app and will continue to produce more.
- brokenmachine 4y agoBless you. So sick of cloud everything.