> What if the only difference between the web and desktop apps are that the desktop app can open local files while the web app downloads them?

This was the exact problem I needed to solve that led to my first Electron app.

Needed to recursively crawl a directory and generate a report on all pdfs found and the total pages in each pdf.

It seemed silly to learn a new language and ui kit when I could glue together some wen technology over a weekend and make it happen.

http://designbymobi.us/how-i-built-my-first-desktop-app-in-3...