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1. Flex247A · 1790785776 · focus · HN ↗

   Any idea on what technologies/toolkits are used to build Bloomberg terminal?

   1. apaprocki · 1790785982 · focus · HN ↗

      Nowadays the desktop software is built around Chromium. Lots of C++ and one of the largest JS codebases in the world.

      1. nxobject · 1790786438 · focus · HN ↗

         > largest JS codebases in the world.

         I'd love to know how they make frontends as responsive as possible. To the engineering blog!

         1. Scubabear68 · 1790788743 · focus · HN ↗

            From memory when I worked there 10 years ago, all the Javascript based stuff was pretty slow in a very noticeable way. They've likely gotten better as they are using a well known Javascript and rendering engine, so they're getting many optimizations for free.

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