#Making a portal like desktop app with electron?

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polar silo
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Hey guy, i have just been introduced to Electron and I have some questions about a project I have to complete across the year:
Is it possible to develop a portal like desktop application app with electron? I want to make an app that connects to a school's local database and then allows teachers to sign into the app and view information on their pupils like grades, attendance etc. I want this app to also generate graphs for each pupil's relative progress so that the teacher can easily monitor it. Also, I want to encorporate features, where the teacher can view their timetable as well as the timetable of a pupil and I want to have a notes like feature whereby the teacher can make and access quick notes they have taken for themselves.
It sounds like a lot, but I want to know whether it is possible to achieve such a thing with electron and if so, what sort of technologies/ libraries should I look into? I have some programming experience but this project has a long time frame in order to allow for learning.

delicate coral
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You dont need electron for that

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You need proper backend server

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With web server

polar silo
delicate coral
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Desktop app instead of opening page in browser

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Same result but easier to manage

polar silo
delicate coral
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If you supposed to use remote database you can use webserver as well

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Opening web page in electron

uneven dirge
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you should try to use Angular together with Electron for the frontend, which is pretty easy to learn and has a lot of short-term potential

delicate coral
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definetly not