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by theshetty 2226 days ago
Many desktop apps these days seems to be built on Electron, a JS framework for building desktop-class apps.

https://www.electronjs.org/
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KeepFlying 2226 days ago
And many of those apps end up with terrible performance. I'm sure it's possible to write a performant electron app, but I don't see it happen often and it's disappointing.
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cosmotic 2226 days ago
What is a desktop-class app?
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wruza 2226 days ago
One that can read and write files and directories among other things. (Not an electron fan, but web pages are still pages, not real apps.)
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cglong 2226 days ago
There's a web API for that! https://web.dev/native-file-system/
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saagarjha 2225 days ago
Does anything but Chrome support this?
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