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Not that it really matters I guess, but electron apps are chunky. Huge bin size and large memory usage.
by ericlewis 2y ago
Not that it really matters I guess, but electron apps are chunky. Huge bin size and large memory usage.
- Solvency 2y agowere talking about a tiny desktop app that wraps ffmpeg CLI. this is the perfect use case for it, over, say, VISUAL STUDIO CODE.
- cglong 2y agoI actually think VSCode is one of the best use cases for Electron. It enables a robust and well-documented set of APIs for extension and theme developers, which IMO is why it has one of the most thriving extension ecosystems out there. Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft, but not in Developer Division.
- skydhash 2y ago> It enables a robust and well-documented set of APIs for extension and theme developers Didn't VIM and Emacs have that for ages? Look at https://vimawesome.com/ https://vimawesome.com/. I think the remote development extension is nice, but most people would just SSH and run their editor on the server or sync their project's files.
- bitwize 2y agoThe Emacs APIs aren't exactly robust in the modern sense. They don't have the security and privilege isolation that VS Code's TypeScript APIs have.
- ubercow13 2y agoThe perfect use case for a massive incredibly complex browser runtime is...a tiny desktop app? What?
- CyberDildonics 2y agoDo you as a user seriously want a 400MB binary that takes up 1 GB of memory at least just to have a sluggish interface to run a command line program for you when it could be an instant GUI that takes up 1 MB of memory ? Why would anyone want something taking up literally 1000x the resources it needs to?