Is it just me, or is it much easier to make complicated applications in C++ than web?

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  • native-messaging-cpp

    C++ Native Messaging host.

  • Technically you can launch and control the Qt and C++ (and any other programming language) applications from the browser, pass input as stdin and get stdout from the native application using various means, including Native Messaging https://github.com/guest271314/native-messaging-cpp.

  • libdatachannel

    C/C++ WebRTC network library featuring Data Channels, Media Transport, and WebSockets

  • Fourtunately some technologies and API's are extensible enough to do whatever you want in spite of and to overcome limitations; e.g., WebRTC (particularly data channels https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel), Native Messaging, WebTransport, fetch(), Trasnferable Streams, Media Capture Transform, File API, File System Access API, Web extensions.

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  • native-messaging

  • For clarity Native Messaging is not a hack. https://github.com/browserext/native-messaging.

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