821: Is Tauri the Electron Killer?

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Daniel Thompson-Yvetot about Tauri. They dive into what Tauri is, the motivations behind its development, its open-source ecosystem, use cases, and more.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 02:01 What is Tauri?
• 02:59 What’s new in Tauri 2.0?
• 06:41 The benefits of Tauri over Electron
• 11:28 Can you use Node?
• 14:21 Mac, Linux, and Windows
  • Verso
  • Servo
• 25:05 How does Tauri make money?
  • CrabNebula
• 30:05 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 30:30 Accessing Swift from JavaScript
• 31:44 What’s the hardest part of a project like this?
  • Haptics Plugin
• 37:00 Some of the apps that have shipped with Tauri
  • Cody
  • GitButler
  • Tauri Discord
  • Awesome Tauri
• 43:18 The future of Tauri
• 50:23 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Links

• Rustlings
• Cassidy Williams

Sick Picks

• Daniel: 5secondfilms

Shameless Plugs

• Guest: Manufacturing European Software (Coming Soon)

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