554: Desktop apps in JS × Electron and Tauri

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the current state of building desktop apps with Electron or Tauri.

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Show Notes

• 00:33 Welcome
• 01:18 Sponsor: Sentry
• 02:47 Sponsor: Prismic
• 04:01 Our experience with building desktop apps
• Level Up Tutorials: Level 1 Electron
• Hair.WesBos.com
• 10:04 Frameworks for building apps
• 10:56 Tauri vs Electron
• Tauri
• Electron
• 23:38 Tooling
• vite-plugin-electron

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