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Building desktop applications is tricky. Every OS has its own set of tools, and you often need to learn a new language for each. In this episode we talk with Wails creator Lea Anthony about how the build tool enables developers to create desktop apps using Go and their normal JS frontend (React, Vue, Anguluar, or whatever you want).

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Featuring:

• Lea Anthony – Twitter, GitHub
• Mat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Jon Calhoun – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• Wails Homepage
• Webview Project
• Tutorial of Wails by Alex Pliutau
• Wally Keyboard
• Travis McLane - Contributor mentioned on the show
• goreleaser - Tool mentioned on the show
• go:draft proposal to add embed
• Flag of Wales

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!