I don't get the push for rust as a front-end language, it's very distracting with a lot of low-level features. Can we just stick with "best tool for the job"? Rust for performance-critical systems and, say, typescript for front-end? Using a single language for everything is a wet dream that always ends up in complexity and more work as you're fighting the "native" ecosystem.
Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
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Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#32Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#33I don't get the push for rust as a front-end language, it's very distracting with a lot of low-level features. Can we just stick with "best tool for the job"? Rust for performance-critical systems and, say, typescript for front-end? Using a single language for everything is a wet dream that always ends up in complexity and more work as you're fighting the "native" ecosystem.
Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#34I don't get the push for rust as a front-end language, it's very distracting with a lot of low-level features. Can we just stick with "best tool for the job"? Rust for performance-critical systems and, say, typescript for front-end? Using a single language for everything is a wet dream that always ends up in complexity and more work as you're fighting the "native" ecosystem.
Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don't bundle with node. We bundle with rust.
Is it a misleading title then? I thought you did an alternative to Electron
Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#36Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does the project contain C++ code?
They use whatever is the system WebView on the platform you run the code on. On Windows that's the Edge engine, on MacOS it's Safari's engine, etc. Those are all some combination of C and C++. See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry Edit: s/IE or Edge/Edge
If your html/css/is has to work correctly in EdgeHTML, Safari Webview, and Blink, you are limited to the lowest common denominator features.
Electron with Chromium has the largest feature set out of all of those.
Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#38Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does the project contain C++ code?
They use whatever is the system WebView on the platform you run the code on. On Windows that's the Edge engine, on MacOS it's Safari's engine, etc. Those are all some combination of C and C++. See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry Edit: s/IE or Edge/Edge
Re: Tauri: Rust-based Electron alternative releases beta
#40I’ve seen this before, and I still have no idea what it does. If it’s an electron alternative, is it too much to ask to show an image of a webapp running on a desktop (preverably a variation of every OS) front and center on the landing page? I’d like to see it working immediately, without needing to watch any videos.
I agree it’s confusing and not clear on the homepage or from the hacker news title. I was expecting something like an electron framework using servo.