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Java apps are even worse than electron. Not to mention you need to install Java to run them.
I heard Java can compile down to native binaries now. I interviewed someone that told me, I haven't written a line of Java in 15 years.
It is not quite a native binary, but the effect of not having to install java to run it is the same. Using jlink you can assemble a runtime image containing the java bytecode for the application and a custom runtime enviroment containing the parts of the the jre needed to run that program.
Yeah that makes sense given the language. So it'll be a fatter binary than typical for what's needed.
Mhm... Install 300mb once to run any Java application or 300mb for each and every electron app.
Its an easy choice.
As if the Java app won't be even uglier than electron and still weigh in at 300 mb for each. Not to mention introducing security issues on your machine with the jre
There's a reason people stopped making consumer apps in Java
Uglier? Debatable as there are different UI Toolkits that can actually look beautiful and you don't have to reimplement controls like you would in an electron app.
And you certainly wouldn't introduce new security issues with different and outdated v8 engines that are bundled with your electron app, no sir.
Because Java totally doesn't exist for every platform ever