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Surely there is a more effective way to write an app than to bundle an entire end-of-life browser and Node.js runtime into a 600MB monstrosity.
by arcfour 1y ago
Surely there is a more effective way to write an app than to bundle an entire end-of-life browser and Node.js runtime into a 600MB monstrosity.
- paxys 1y agoElectron apps don't have to be 600 MB. VS Code is an entire fully-featured IDE and is a 90 MB download.
- shawn-butler 1y agoVS Code package in my applications folder is 600+ MB. The Electron Framework.framework it contains is 400+ MB alone. I don't understand where you come up with your 90 MB figure?
- ethmarks 1y agoThe VSCodeUserSetup file from https://code.visualstudio.com/download https://code.visualstudio.com/download is in the 90MB range. Perhaps this file is just the installer and the actual system files are much larger? Or maybe your 400MB figure comes from a bloated install? Just speculating here.
- piperswe 1y agoPresumably the setup file is compressed, and the installation on disk isn't
- the_lucifer 1y agoA compressed download is my guess. The easiest way to predict if an app is using Electron is to see if the download is around 90 to 130 MB. Especially if that size feels unreasonable for the functionality that it offers.
- typpilol 1y agoMy package app is 90mb
- hluska 1y agoOf course there is, but not every decision in computing is (or should be) about raw efficiency.