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Cool, I guess. I'm not sure I see any point in writing native windows apps in Javascript when you've got a much better language in C#.
by megaman22 11y ago
Cool, I guess. I'm not sure I see any point in writing native windows apps in Javascript when you've got a much better language in C#.
- smacktoward 11y agoOther than there being a lot of people who already know JavaScript but don't know C#.
- iLoch 11y agoI think this argument could have been made with Nodejs and React Native, but we've seen how those worked out.
- frederickf 11y agoOne advantage might be the ability to support multiple platforms. Using the technology group formerly knows as the "web stack" you could build a version of your app for windows desktop, ubuntu desktop, browser apps, mobile, and probably others.
- Aleman360 11y agoGives you options. If you have an existing web app, you can likely reuse the bulk of it to quickly get a Windows app.
- benaston 11y ago"when you've got a much better language in C#" That's subjective.
- cwbrandsma 11y agoC# can accurately subtract decimal numbers without having to invoke a webservice or use a third-party library. I'd call that better. (Note: I spend most of my time writing JS, but am extremely familiar with C# and Java)
- M8 11y agoIt's not subjective. JS is only relevant due to ubiquity. Nobody transpiles to C#. (well, except for Haxe - to nitpick, but it also transpiles to Java and C++).
- Nullabillity 11y agoBecause people compile directly to CIR. See: VB.net, F#, Scala.net, IronPython, IronRuby, etc.
- M8 11y agoI meant C# is awesome so you just use it directly :).