From what I read from Google is that they are trying to push the browser standards themselves so that no Google Chrome specific APIs should be needed. They have been speaking about it for over a year now (see https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html). From that it appears that the espruino.com/ide direction is future-proof.
@Gordon What exactly is there in the IDE that doesn't work in a browser? The terminal communication? What else is there that you would need the native server app you are writing about for?
Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for low-power Microcontrollers. This site is both a support community for Espruino and a place to share what you are working on.
From what I read from Google is that they are trying to push the browser standards themselves so that no Google Chrome specific APIs should be needed. They have been speaking about it for over a year now (see https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html). From that it appears that the espruino.com/ide direction is future-proof.
@Gordon What exactly is there in the IDE that doesn't work in a browser? The terminal communication? What else is there that you would need the native server app you are writing about for?