[d0100]

I really want React for desktop apps. Currently we are running into some performance issues with large datasets and spreadsheets, and being able to offer a performant desktop app would be ideal.

Right now we're considering using .NET and ReoGrid, since Qt is too expensive and we only target Windows anyways.

[rco8786]

You can use Electron and do that. Not a ton of love for it around here because omg a web page as a desktop app the horror but I've had good experiences with it. (And if you e ever used Slack or Atom, you've used Electron)

[coldtea]

>You can use Electron and do that. Not a ton of love for it around here because omg a web page as a desktop app the horror but I've had good experiences with it.

Parent specifically mentions they want to get away from the performance issues of web apps [1] -- and you suggest they use Electron -- and even bring up Atom and Slack as examples, the worst CPU/slowness offenders of all time?

[1] "Currently we are running into some performance issues with large datasets and spreadsheets, and being able to offer a performant desktop app would be ideal"

[rco8786]

"I really want React for desktop apps". There's currently one way to achieve that, was simply suggesting it.

They didn't mention web apps at all.

[pierrec]

You can use Electron to handle performance-sensitive large datasets and spreadsheets for a desktop app. But I think there is an even better solution for this: you could program it in DOS 5.0 batch and ship it with a Windows 3.1 VM to really juice out that last bit of performance and efficiency.

[wizardtrees]

Check out React Virtualized. I have used it with great success and large datasets.

https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized/#/components/Lis...

https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized

[migueloller]

Take a look at React Native for macOS [1].

[1] https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos

[NHern031]

.NET and WPF is a great choice for desktop applications. I have been creating desktop applications with WPF for the better part of a year, I find it very nice.

[JD557]

If you have a performance problem and you only target one OS, using React seems more like a band-aid than a real solution. I assume your app is currently written in javascript, because I don't see any other reason to use React for performance.

I think you should consider moving away from JS, it will probably save you from future problems.

[d0100]

It was originally supposed to be (and built as) a web app, but it's only being used inside a corporate network (yay requirements). So that defeats the original purpose. Might as well make a desktop app.

[zerr]

Why are you unable to use free Qt?

[d0100]

Just a bit of FUD on the LGPL license and the like.