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It's still possible to ship cross-platform native software. People just pretend like it doesn't exist because it's too hard, and so I respond by pretending like their software doesn't exist.
What's the correct way to ship cross platform native software that doesn't require me to write it in C or C++?
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Mentioning that it’s Mac only, and that it’s not free software, would help keep plenty of people from wasting their time.
I think it is okay to assume that people who frequent a forum mostly inhabited by people who create software for a living would be okay with software that you would have to pay for.
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I don't mind that I have to pay for it. I do mind that it's not free software.
Problem is, people mostly don't pay for free software. Even if they know how hard it is to make it. The free software we have, we got thanks to corporate charity.
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Problem is, people mostly don't pay for free software. Even if they know how hard it is to make it. The free software we have, we got thanks to corporate charity.
I don't agree. Most of the free software on my desktop was made by individuals who in their spare time. That doesn't mean they don't get paid way too little, so your points still stands, but i object to the "corporate charity" angle. Most corporations take way more than they give back.
I hope SerenityOS takes off. It's looking good so far.
Hey. I'm an Editor/IDE aficionado. This could be the start of a really nice macOS native editor. Panics Nova is nice but it is lacking good Go support. However there are many things to get right. These things are needed in order to get competitive imho: - Plugin API - Plugin Marketplace - Proper LSP (you seem to have that already) - DAP Support (you stated you are working on it. Good!) - Out of the box support for go…
You're already familiar with https://www.chimehq.com/ a native go specific editor?
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Is this a serious comment? Shipping native platform binaries is the only reliable way to ship high quality software. Specially in 2022 with all the garbage floating around in virtual machines and "electron" bloatware.
Ever heard of Qt, Xamarin, WxWidgets or FLTK? Electron isn't the only game in the house.
I was replying about the "binaries" part. Binaries are always paltform specific.
The "only" part of "platform-only" - I can sympathize with. There are some tools I would like to try but I can't because they are windows only.
That said, it doesn't to me like any of the librarires/tools mentioned are good enough.
Qt is in C++ but from what I've heard its performance is abysmal - at least it's not good enough to justify writing something in Qt instead of html/js/css.
Xamarin I had to use one time and as far as I'm concerned, the DX is bad and the end result is also bad. Again, not good enough to justify using it instead of html/js/css.
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I think it is okay to assume that people who frequent a forum mostly inhabited by people who create software for a living would be okay with software that you would have to pay for.
My comment is not an objection to the existence of software that you have to pay for, nor to this piece of software in particular. But for me, and, clearly, many here, either the Mac-only fact, or the non-free fact, mean that we’re simply not interested, and we’re only informed of these facts after many pages. (The beer facet of free software is the least important part.)
It isn't the kind of place where acting entitled because you didn't get your free lunch makes you look good. I think it would be a bit more dignified to be thankful when something is free (as in beer or otherwise), but respect that some things aren't. For exactly the same reasons most of us are here: to make a living.
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Ever heard of Qt, Xamarin, WxWidgets or FLTK? Electron isn't the only game in the house.
Maybe I misunderstood the comment I was replying to. I was replying about the "binaries" part. Binaries are always paltform specific. The "only" part of "platform-only" - I can sympathize with. There are some tools I would like to try but I can't because they are windows only. That said, it doesn't to me like any of the librarires/tools mentioned are good enough. Qt is in C++ but from what I've heard its performance…
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Permanent license with one year of upgrades is - for serious users - a yearly subscription. With a price tag of $25 that sounds quite reasonable and also viable.
You're right sorry I totally missed the fine print...