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by ekinertac 1346 days ago
love to see native apps in the era of web based desktop apps. the feel is amazing in the app. it's fast, easy to use and self explanatory. good job mate.

electron is fine but it's use of resources a bit annoying. and if you open 4-5 apps while working you start to hear fans are working.

i've tried many times to build something native for desktop but every time i couldn't find a good guide/course for developing a macOs desktop app. all the sources i've found based on iOS. please let me know if you have good sources for native development.

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Thanks! I personally dislike Electron apps but I understand the appeal of it which explains why many desktop apps are written with it.

It is not easy developing a well-crafted macOS app compared to iOS development as resources are limited. The obvious place is reading the AppKit documentation and the Human Interface Guidelines. Apple has some tutorials on their website using SwiftUI and Catalyst.

Ray Wenderlich and Hacking with Swift website has a book on macOS development.

If you do write a macOS app, do let me know, I look forward to it!