IMO if something doesn't require the internet connection, it is more likely to be called "software", not a "service".
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IMO if something doesn't require the internet connection, it is more likely to be called "software", not a "service".
So for now I consider DeskGap a good place for simple apps. But if you start to build something like VS Code, the RAM usage can’t be good, either.
[0]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/communitytoolkit/co...
That's why DeskGap uses EdgeHTML on Windows. With toolchains such as webpack and babel, building an app that runs on WebKit and EdgeHTML (which is going to be replaced by Chromium[0]) can't be that hard.
> Nobody wants to wait for a vendor to update their implementation when Chrome has the feature available almost immediately.
DeskGap doesn't mean to be a complete replacement for Electron. But after a glance of Electron Apps[1], I suppose many simple apps do not require start-of-art features.
[0] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/micro...
DeskGap is another try to build an lightweight alternative to Electron. Compared to the existing attempts [0, 1], I choose not to go that far and bundle a real Node.js with it[2].
And to battle test the framework, I wrapped squoosh[3] into a desktop app[4] with DeskGap, and successfully submitted it to the app stores.
[0] https://github.com/pojala/electrino
However, besides not being native, I really missed the scripting ability that Fiddler has. This is another major motivation for me to build this tool.
I am the creator of Proxie. The app has been around for a while but recently it has got its 3.0.0 update which introduces the rule functionality.
It enables you to intercept requests/responses on the fly and I think it's huge.
Happy to hear your opinions!