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Java and .Net/Avalonia are right there... Electron is not the only cross platform solution.

• infogulch 2y ago
  While .NET has the cross-platform-vm thing going, is not particularly suited to cross-platform rendering. The web is. And don't get me started on WPF.
  • viraptor 2y ago
    That's why I mentioned https://avaloniaui.net/ https://avaloniaui.net/ which does the part. WPF is not bad compared to everything happening in the web frameworks.
    • AcquiescentWolf 2y ago
      I disagree. After working with WPF for a while, I'd prefer almost anything from the frontend world (except React) over WPF. Avalonia is nice though.
  • throwaway2037 2y ago
    Is WPF cross-plaform?
    • AcquiescentWolf 2y ago
      * WPF: Windows-only. * MAUI: Windows, macOS, Android, iOS. * Avalonia: Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, browsers.
• lmm 2y ago
  I can remember when the rhetoric against Java apps being "slow" was just as strong as it is against Electron now. And they've always been less native-feeling and clunkier than Electron.
  • pjmlp 2y ago
    Java is a ferrari when compared to Electron.
    • lmm 2y ago
      How so? I know there are theoretical arguments and microbenchmarks that Java might be faster than JavaScript, but I've never seen an actual user-facing GUI app in Java that felt smoother to use than good Electron apps.
  • viraptor 2y ago
    Electron shifted the scales to below the old Java while Java improved. It's still not great, but given a choice? Let Electron die.