"Native" is actually overloaded in the era of hybrid web apps - there are two pivots:
- Native code - does the GUI framework compile to machine code?
- Native widgets - does the GUI framework use platform widgets, or a platform agnostic layer?
In the context of Revery, we used "native" to mean "native code", ie, "compiles to machine code" - and further clarify in the README. It's important for us to make this differentiation - because often people look at the framework and assume its JavaScript.
Do you have a suggestion on how to clarify this?
Note that, if you're interested in using the platform UI - there's a project called Brisk (https://github.com/briskml/brisk) that is very similar to Revery, but uses platform UI frameworks (Cocoa/Win32/etc).
- Native code - does the GUI framework compile to machine code?
- Native widgets - does the GUI framework use platform widgets, or a platform agnostic layer?
In the context of Revery, we used "native" to mean "native code", ie, "compiles to machine code" - and further clarify in the README. It's important for us to make this differentiation - because often people look at the framework and assume its JavaScript.
Do you have a suggestion on how to clarify this?
Note that, if you're interested in using the platform UI - there's a project called Brisk (https://github.com/briskml/brisk) that is very similar to Revery, but uses platform UI frameworks (Cocoa/Win32/etc).