[GTALUG] programming system questions

[Dave Collier-Brown]

Electron-based slack also wedges on machines with >= 32GB, at least as
recently as last month. --dave

On 2018-10-11 10:52 a.m., Jamon Camisso via talk wrote:
> On 11/10/18 10:37, David Mason via talk wrote:
>> Electron is probably the easiest way to move a web app to an
>> application. See:
>>      https://electronjs.org/
>>
>> It uses html, javascript, css and should be able to connect to your
>> postgresql database.
> slack, what should be a simple text chat built on electron is taking
> 873044 kb RSS memory on my desktop.
>
> electron should be the last resort - it is probably the worst thing you
> could do for your users if you care about resource constraints.
>
> I would question the merit of even moving from a web application. I am
> on 400/100kbit DSL in the country, and I don't have any issues with even
> large react or ember based web apps.
>
> Cheers, Jamon
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