Web Apps to Desktop Apps using Photino with Otto Dobretsberger

Web Apps to Desktop Apps using Photino with Otto Dobretsberger

Author: Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell April 12, 2022 Duration: 46:45
How do you make web apps into desktop apps? Carl and Richard talk to Otto Dobretsberger about Photino, a fork from Steve Sanderson's WebWindow project that will compile your web application into a cross-platform desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Otto talks about keeping Photino extremely lightweight, many times smaller than other desktop framework approaches. The typical approach is using the SPA of your choice - Angular, Vue, or React, and then compiling it into the desktop form. Great for making reliable off-line applications and onto dedicated kiosk-style hardware!

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