How did you make the conclusion that JS is faster than C++? An experienced C++ developer, or better yet, an experience C++ developer team, moves “freaking” fast. The only advantage to the HTML/JS stack is you can get cheap labor from dime a dozen web “devs”. That’s it.
Case in point, look at Atom. Let’s assume your “MVP”, “profit $$$” and what not is somewhat correct. Yet, the amount of engineering time and effort it has taken to optimize that tech to fix things that are trivial in the native world is staggering. How does that fit in your “profit $$$” equation, as an initial core team of experienced C++ developers would have developed with these issues in mind and created a product that is viable in the same scenarios.
But if you were building such app in C++ what third part solutions would you recommend for building multiplatform GUI?
Qt? GTK? What is used now and what will be working/looking good on all three main platforms? (Mac/Linux/Windows)
Case in point, look at Atom. Let’s assume your “MVP”, “profit $$$” and what not is somewhat correct. Yet, the amount of engineering time and effort it has taken to optimize that tech to fix things that are trivial in the native world is staggering. How does that fit in your “profit $$$” equation, as an initial core team of experienced C++ developers would have developed with these issues in mind and created a product that is viable in the same scenarios.