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I'm making web apps/clients in the browser, servers using node.js and desktop "native" apps using nw.js. All in vanilla JavaScript, and I love it. If you need additional functionality, there's always a module for it (npmjs.com)

The interesting part is maybe that most apps look like this:

  <html><body><canvas id="canvas"></body></html>
And the rest is JavaScript!

It does seem a bit stupid to load the browser just for the canvas element though, so if someone know a better solution, please post!




Ejecta lets you use Canvas+JS without the browser – at least on iOS. http://impactjs.com/ejecta


How does it look on retina/hiDPI displays?


I've never had the chance to use a hiDPI display. But it will probably be upscaled and look the same as on a normal screen. It would be an easy fix to increase the canvas context scale though.




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