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> Rust backend, WebView front end. I don't know much about it but it seems like a weird combination. If you want high performance and low memory usage, you don

> Rust backend, WebView front end. I don't know much about it but it seems like a weird combination. If you want high performance and low memory usage, you don't want HTML, if you want fast code writing, you don't want Rust.

powersnail 11mo ago
I could see a case where the core logic needs to be performant, but the UI does not. The front end could be some menus, displaying (not a giant amount of) data, and a progress bar, while the back end does heavy computing. And furthermore, if you want fast code writing, you write in the language you already know. For some people, that is Rust.
Ray20 11mo ago
A very reasonable combination: - HTML is the main way of designing interfaces (whether we like it or not) - Rust is the main language promoted by intelligence agencies with multi-billion dollar budgets because it is laced with their backdoors (whether we like it or not)
PhilippGille 11mo ago
There's Wails for Go backend and webview frontend; https://github.com/wailsapp/wails https://github.com/wailsapp/wails
osigurdson 11mo ago
I don't believe you generally end up writing a lot of Rust with something like Tauri. It is mostly web dev. While it is true that browser based UIs are slower than native, it isn't clear that .NET based UIs would be any faster while being very niche.
raincole 11mo ago
Use the slower but easier to write languages for front end is the norm for complex apps. Many apps that passed the trial of time are like that. Blender: frontend Python, backend C++. Houdini: frontend Python(PyQt), backend C(presumably) Sim City: frontend JavaScript, backend C++ The reason is very simple: frontend is more error tolerant, but less resistant to the product designer's whims (or the users' desire to customize.)
- jcelerier 11mo ago
  > Blender: frontend Python, backend C++. blender's frontend is pretty much exclusively C++? https://github.com/blender/blender/tree/main/source/blender/editors https://github.com/blender/blender/tree/main/source/blender/... > Houdini: frontend Python(PyQt), I would be infinitely surprised if Houdini's frontend wasn't also a majority C++. Likewise consider large apps such as Ardour, Krita, etc.

powersnail 11mo ago

I could see a case where the core logic needs to be performant, but the UI does not. The front end could be some menus, displaying (not a giant amount of) data, and a progress bar, while the back end does heavy computing. And furthermore, if you want fast code writing, you write in the language you already know. For some people, that is Rust.

Ray20 11mo ago

A very reasonable combination: - HTML is the main way of designing interfaces (whether we like it or not) - Rust is the main language promoted by intelligence agencies with multi-billion dollar budgets because it is laced with their backdoors (whether we like it or not)

PhilippGille 11mo ago

There's Wails for Go backend and webview frontend; https://github.com/wailsapp/wails https://github.com/wailsapp/wails

osigurdson 11mo ago

I don't believe you generally end up writing a lot of Rust with something like Tauri. It is mostly web dev. While it is true that browser based UIs are slower than native, it isn't clear that .NET based UIs would be any faster while being very niche.

raincole 11mo ago

Use the slower but easier to write languages for front end is the norm for complex apps. Many apps that passed the trial of time are like that. Blender: frontend Python, backend C++. Houdini: frontend Python(PyQt), backend C(presumably) Sim City: frontend JavaScript, backend C++ The reason is very simple: frontend is more error tolerant, but less resistant to the product designer's whims (or the users' desire to customize.)

jcelerier 11mo ago
> Blender: frontend Python, backend C++. blender's frontend is pretty much exclusively C++? https://github.com/blender/blender/tree/main/source/blender/editors https://github.com/blender/blender/tree/main/source/blender/... > Houdini: frontend Python(PyQt), I would be infinitely surprised if Houdini's frontend wasn't also a majority C++. Likewise consider large apps such as Ardour, Krita, etc.