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Can HTML, CSS and Javascript really be used to build Desktop Applications?
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Beware of Electron, while it's super easy to use for a JavaScript developer, it's a RAM and disk space-eater.
+80Mo of disk space for a compiled Electron app.
But by the way I love it! Great article and tutorial 😃
Thanks for reading :)
Yes, the size is an issue. The size is since it bundles Basic Chromium and NodeJS into the compiled app.
I guess for big apps it is fine. For example VS Code. But for small apps the size is too much
Agree with you.
Great thanks for your tutorial !
Electron is a groundbreaker technology.
Electron has been gaining a lot of popularity and bad reputation.
Big companies even Microsoft used Electron to most of their desktop applications.
Good for users who are not geek or just simply want the design and UI to be perfect.
I think Electron can reduce its size for production release. development is like a hell and wished for using localhost as primary artboard for creating desktop application before shipping it to production.
Totally agree.
The main disadvantage of Electron its oversized bundled package. 100+ Mb even for basic app is too much.
It bundles Chromium and NodeJS into the final app and hence the size. Hope they have some fix for it :D. For big apps like VS Code i guess this is fine. But for small apps the size is too much