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Besides shipping vulns, what category is Electron beating the rest in? Genuinely curious.

wener 4y ago
Electron is irreplaceable if - you want to cut the dev cost on support all platform - maybe MOST important - you want Browser like feature - embed webview not iframe - you want to make sure the feature is there, if you can not polyfill Memory is cheap, download size is cheap.
capableweb 4y ago
I'm in no way a fan of Electron and much rather use Tauri. But if you want something proven, wildly deployed and with the biggest community/potential support, then probably Electron is the best currently, just because of how old it is.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
  People say this about using Apache as a webserver; I understand it, but don't know if I agree with it.
  - ihateolives 4y ago
    I'm running Apache for all my services and it's totally fine. It does everything I need and since I'm not running Fortune 500 websites or anything performance is more than enough. If it works, I don't need with it.
  - capableweb 4y ago
    I'm not particularly risk-averse myself either, so I don't agree with it either. But I do know some are, so those seems to be the arguments in favor of Electron from that perspective.
    - redavni 4y ago
      Just a personal anecdote, I work in an industry that is extremely risk averse. I still use 300 baud modems every day. Apache is new-fangled nonsense.
      - ale42 4y ago
        300 baud modems? Over analog lines, VoIP, HF radio or what elese? Supposing it was not just an ironic answer, I would be pleased to know more about this!
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  On the other hand, this isn't some web page you distribute everywhere an hope it's compatible. Those engines are self-contained, so if your application works, it works.
  - yuchi 4y ago
    That’s correct for Sciter, but Tauri uses the OS’ browser engine, so you’re back to the hostile environment / unknown territory of the web.
Kiro 4y ago
See the sibling thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31765784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31765784

Electron is irreplaceable if - you want to cut the dev cost on support all platform - maybe MOST important - you want Browser like feature - embed webview not iframe - you want to make sure the feature is there, if you can not polyfill Memory is cheap, download size is cheap.

capableweb 4y ago

I'm in no way a fan of Electron and much rather use Tauri. But if you want something proven, wildly deployed and with the biggest community/potential support, then probably Electron is the best currently, just because of how old it is.

aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
People say this about using Apache as a webserver; I understand it, but don't know if I agree with it.
- ihateolives 4y ago
  I'm running Apache for all my services and it's totally fine. It does everything I need and since I'm not running Fortune 500 websites or anything performance is more than enough. If it works, I don't need with it.
- capableweb 4y ago
  I'm not particularly risk-averse myself either, so I don't agree with it either. But I do know some are, so those seems to be the arguments in favor of Electron from that perspective.
  - redavni 4y ago
    Just a personal anecdote, I work in an industry that is extremely risk averse. I still use 300 baud modems every day. Apache is new-fangled nonsense.
    - ale42 4y ago
      300 baud modems? Over analog lines, VoIP, HF radio or what elese? Supposing it was not just an ironic answer, I would be pleased to know more about this!
marcosdumay 4y ago
On the other hand, this isn't some web page you distribute everywhere an hope it's compatible. Those engines are self-contained, so if your application works, it works.
- yuchi 4y ago
  That’s correct for Sciter, but Tauri uses the OS’ browser engine, so you’re back to the hostile environment / unknown territory of the web.

Kiro 4y ago

See the sibling thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31765784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31765784