You mean our modern super-computer level machines with gigabytes of RAM and GHz level processors can actually show basic animations at 60 FPS!? Wow!
RIP native development, long live non-native native development?
RIP native development, long live non-native native development?
Just wait until your BBQ has its own browser - oh shit wait
It's not because JavaScript is portable or accessible (it's definitely not portable, and if you wanted accessibility you could do much better), it's simply because it's the most popular language.
More and more gets ported to the GPU through parallelized algorithms, and smart GPU memory usage — but CPUs still offer a lot in their ability to do generalized computing.
This is why as I’ve gotten older I’ve come to really respect Computer Science fundamentals; the more you understand how to make the most of resource constraints — whether time, or memory, etc — the more magic you can make.
I think Apple has said that Core Animation (and maybe Core Graphics) now use Metal where possible, but vector to bitmap rendering is still done on the cpu.
https://raphlinus.github.io/rust/graphics/gpu/2019/05/08/mod...
If web frameworks really reupload the whole view to GPU on each frame, it's no wonder all apps run like arse and burn battery.
Guaranteed good performance (the bit you picked up on) for a feature people want in an easy to use package sounds great. Well done the author and thanks for sharing your work.