Talk:Electron (software framework)

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Controversy around the so-called creator

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/nwjs-general/LIrC7zHtQdo/6Gd5MXVsCAAJ http://cheng.guru/blog/2017/11/20/statement-on-the-statement-on-the-history-of-node-webkit.html

Other noteable Electron apps

Franz https://blog.meetfranz.com/ N1 https://nylas.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShalokShalom (talk • contribs) 18:02, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism on memory footprint, efficiency, etc.

Since Electron is essentially a web server and a web browser wrapped around the actual application code (I'm probably over-simplifying to get the point across), there legitimate concerns that Electron might support software bloat more than necessary. (e.g. this rant, or observations like Slack consuming hundreds of megabytes of RAM, etc.) Is there any way to properly formulate that in the article? --Wormbo 15:48, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No support from PortableApps.com

PortableApps.com (which has their own article on Wikipedia) does not seem to support any application that uses the Electron framework. The problem is that Electron requires Microsoft Visual Studio (of which Visual Studio Code is also an electron app) for the Windows toolchain. PortableApps likes using the GNU toolchain, nevermind that a lot of Linux developers have joined Mac developers in using the Clang toolchain, which uses a BSD-like license. Here in lies the problem. While the Free Software Foundation is in the right to avoid using Visual Studio, it is a disservice to software developers who want to have a "No Strings Attached" development platform where things like the registry or some other software dependent feature denies the programmer the freedom to just plug in the flashdrive into a USB port and run the software from the flashdrive. Basically, Electron needs to rethink their build instructions for Windows to provide an alternative set of build instructions for folks who do not wish to use the Visual Studio software. The Linux instructions do not require Visual Studio.--Bushido Hacks (talk) 16:20, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]