[HN Gopher] Neutralino - Electron alternative powered by C++
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       Neutralino - Electron alternative powered by C++
        
       Author : nomdep
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-06-16 16:24 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (neutralino.js.org)
        
       | temporallobe wrote:
       | This looks incredible. As an avid Electron user, I have often
       | wondered if there were more lightweight and performant
       | alternatives. The only drawback I can see is that since it uses
       | the "existing web browser library in the operating system (Eg:
       | gtk-webkit2 on Linux)" there may not be any bundled (and
       | familiar) debugging tools, but I will definitely try this out.
        
         | suby wrote:
         | I don't think it makes much sense to use these frameworks which
         | rely on the native OS browser API's. One of the most important
         | things when shipping an app is determinism and knowing that
         | your app will remain working after you ship it. We have that
         | with the likes of Electron, but with the OS embedded browsers
         | they can ship an update which breaks your app (or even just
         | subtly alters the styling), plus it introduces an increased
         | testing burden on the developer because now they need to ensure
         | it behaves the same across all different OS integrated-browser
         | implementations.
         | 
         | It's not such a big deal if you're doing something akin to a
         | typical web-app, but if you're doing something very unique the
         | little inconsistencies across browsers can be an annoyance that
         | isn't worth dealing with.
        
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