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by kumarvvr 1754 days ago
>True low level control is kind of a pain, but the OS libraries are not particularly pleasant or high level enough either

Wait. In that case, library developers or OSS projects can fill the gap. What am I missing here? QT comes to mind. A high level library for GUI programming. Also, the modern .NET stack.

I always thought the popularity of Electron is because GUI programming is insanely easy on it, and if you have apps that are heavily data dependent, you go with it because the alternatives (Native apps, WPF or Winform apps) do not provide any value addition.
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klodolph 1753 days ago
Electron is popular because it makes cross-platform desktop apps easier, or because developers have existing JavaScript code that they want to share between a desktop app and a web app.

I would say that if you just wanted to spit out a Windows application, and you already knew the technologies, WPF or Winforms would probably be better (despite the fact that WinUI is the new hot stuff).

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