Ask HN: Write once, run anywhere front ends failed. Thoughts?

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  • Edge.js

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  • > the first, MVP-style, attempt will be using Electron.

    Good choice.

    If you want to stick to HTML...WebView2 is suppose to replace it, but it assumes your backend code is .NET or C++, instead of JS/Node.js. Microsoft Teams is using it.

    If you want to use native Windows UI components from JS code, then React Native for Windows is recommended. Facebook Messenger is using it.

    All approaches require C# or C++ modules to be used to interact with the Windows Platform. Or there is: https://github.com/tjanczuk/edge.

    The recommended approach is WinUI 3 which would involve C#/C++ and XAML.

    To SwiftUI/React/JetPack are called module-view-update (MVU). There is an MVU for C# called Comet. https://github.com/dotnet/Comet#key-concepts

  • Comet

    Comet is an MVU UIToolkit written in C#

  • > the first, MVP-style, attempt will be using Electron.

    Good choice.

    If you want to stick to HTML...WebView2 is suppose to replace it, but it assumes your backend code is .NET or C++, instead of JS/Node.js. Microsoft Teams is using it.

    If you want to use native Windows UI components from JS code, then React Native for Windows is recommended. Facebook Messenger is using it.

    All approaches require C# or C++ modules to be used to interact with the Windows Platform. Or there is: https://github.com/tjanczuk/edge.

    The recommended approach is WinUI 3 which would involve C#/C++ and XAML.

    To SwiftUI/React/JetPack are called module-view-update (MVU). There is an MVU for C# called Comet. https://github.com/dotnet/Comet#key-concepts

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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