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johnny22
on Dec 7, 2018
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Electron and the Decline of Native Apps
The electron API surface is rather small.
https://electronjs.org/docs
Everything else is standard web stuff.
pjmlp
on Dec 7, 2018
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Which is why it should be a plain old web app instead.
johnny22
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If it can be, it should. I'm only using electron for two reasons. I need access to a serial device, and I need to be able to package my web app to run offline.
Most users will only need to install the device shim.
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