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Devs use web frontend tech because it is installed on every machine, will never have anything less than the full backing of the browser devs for the next hundre
by Devasta 3y ago
Devs use web frontend tech because it is installed on every machine, will never have anything less than the full backing of the browser devs for the next hundred years, and gets around corporate filters. No need to deal with IT security losers to get your app installed, no need to get ports opened, just everything down port 443 until the end of time.
INTERCAL could win with that feature set.
- ecmascript 3y agoIf that is the case, why are people writing desktop apps with Electron / other web tech?
- paulddraper 3y agoI think you missed the point. > why people use front end tech to make native apps today Even when you have to deal with IT security losers to get apps installed, implementing it w/ web tech is extremely popular. E.g. the #1 IDE by popularity [1] is a desktop app developed with web tech. (And yes, it was later ported to browsers, but it didn't start there.) [1] https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022#section-most-popular-technologies-integrated-development-environment https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022#section-most-popular-te...