The Desktop App
Wails: Go backend, web UI, one binary
Lesson 3 of 10
How a single desktop binary runs a Go core and a React frontend that call each other directly — no HTTP server in between.
What you'll learn
- Understand what Wails is and why a desktop app needs a native shell
- See how Go methods become callable from the React frontend
- Contrast direct bindings with the HTTP/fetch model you know from the web
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