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.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser

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303 points vyrotek | 1 comments | 11 Nov 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mattfrommars ◴[12 Nov 25 00:18 UTC] No.45894761[source]▶
In the .NET ecosystem, I have noticed people to shame .NET MAUI because Microsoft themselves don't use this framework - Microsoft Team is built on Electron and not MAUI.

Why build a product on MAUI when Microsoft aren't too sure about it.

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latentsea ◴[12 Nov 25 01:00 UTC] No.45895144[source]▶
Never build a frontend on a .NET technology. Period. They always end up unsupported in the end. Just use standard web technologies and thank yourself later. I've been a .NET dev for a decade now and that's what I've learnt.
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brokencode ◴[12 Nov 25 02:01 UTC] No.45895556[source]▶
As wrong as it feels to have to use Electron for a desktop app, it really is the safest approach for most applications.

Qt also seems to be a good option, though there are licensing considerations for commercial applications.

I’m excited for various upcoming Rust options as well, but right now Electron is the battle tested option.

I am curious though about Avalonia. I’ve heard good things, but it’s definitely a smaller player compared to Electron. I’d most likely choose it over Microsoft’s first party frameworks.

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bigstrat2003 ◴[12 Nov 25 02:37 UTC] No.45895796[source]▶
> it really is the safest approach for most applications.

It's also the option which gives your users by far the worst experience. Not worth it at all, imo.

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brokencode ◴[12 Nov 25 02:57 UTC] No.45895935{3}[source]▶
Not really. The downsides are mostly overblown.

Plenty of category leading applications like Discord, VSCode, Slack, Figma, etc. use it quite successfully.

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PenguinCoder ◴[12 Nov 25 03:32 UTC] No.45896121{4}[source]▶
All of those are examples of overbloated, slow, horrible user experience apps.
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brokencode ◴[12 Nov 25 03:52 UTC] No.45896221{5}[source]▶
They work great for me.
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1. homebrewer ◴[12 Nov 25 04:59 UTC] No.45896514{6}[source]▶
Oh yes, the great old "works for me". On a yesterday's supercomputer, I presume? I live in a "developing" (have doubts it's really developing) country, most people are running laptops with no more than 8 GiB of RAM (sometimes it's 4 or less), and all this Electron nonsense is running like molasses, especially if you're trying to use a computer like a proper computer and do multitasking.

And most of the world is like that, very few of us (speaking globally) have $2k to drop on a new supercomputer every few years to run our chat applications.