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Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 1:54 AM UTC

blacklion wrote: post #29

We don't need more beautiful apps. We need usable and consistent apps. Typical beautiful app is barely-usable.

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Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by stoicjumbotron » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 4:30 AM UTC

Apart from the different backend(?) what is the difference between this and Tauri?

Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by nine_k » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 4:42 AM UTC

stoicjumbotron wrote: post #42

Apart from the different backend(?) what is the difference between this and Tauri?

The different backend makes a lot of difference.

You can become good at Rust in 6 months of intense training, or you can become good at Go after a week. Of course Go is more limiting, but it's good enough for many cases, like JavaScript with Electron.

Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by pjmlp » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:03 AM UTC

solardev wrote: post #28

pjmlp wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way is to use the Web as is, and native for everything else.

Yeah, if you have unlimited time and money.

Apparently plenty of business do.

Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by account-5 » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 5:53 AM UTC

There's many complaints here about webviews vs native. How does this compare to the likes of Dart/Flutter?

Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by solardev » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:15 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #44

solardev wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, if you have unlimited time and money.

Apparently plenty of business do.

May you be lucky enough to work for them.

Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by pjmlp » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:51 AM UTC

solardev wrote: post #46

pjmlp wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently plenty of business do.

May you be lucky enough to work for them.

Plenty of people are.

Re: Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go

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Post by kitd » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 7:37 AM UTC

howeyc wrote: post #2

I don't get these projects. If you're going to write an html/js app, why not just launch the web browser against the local url of your app?

How did the local url get there?

Or, to look at it from another angle, you could just click on the app and it opens?