Yes! Right now Electron is the easiest way to build cross OS desktop apps, bar none. Just like Java was the easiest way to write cross platform code back then.
Dismissing it for performance reasons is a fool's errand. The performance issues are fixable and we're already seeing them get fixed.
Bold prediction - JavaScript(or rather, a future incarnation of it resembling es7/es8) will be the lingua franca for all platforms(web, desktop, and mobile) within a decade.
Dismissing it for performance reasons is a fool's errand. The performance issues are fixable and we're already seeing them get fixed.
Bold prediction - JavaScript(or rather, a future incarnation of it resembling es7/es8) will be the lingua franca for all platforms(web, desktop, and mobile) within a decade.