--- title: "It's like Electron, but for Go developers." publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 429 published_at: "2022-09-23" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/429" --- Plus a way to profile your goroutines, a big NATS update, and some job interview tips and tricks. | #​429 — September 23, 2022 [Unsubscribe](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/429) The _Go Weekly_ Newsletter [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/hogj8ukobj4rdzafvrux.jpg)](https://wails.io/blog/wails-v2-released/) [Wails v2: Build Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Go](https://wails.io/blog/wails-v2-released/) — A big step forward for a project that has shown a lot of promise in recent years. Wails is an Electron-a-like for Go for building cross-platform desktop apps using Go as the base language and JavaScript on the front (and, yes, JS can call your Go functions). v2 introduces a lot of improvements: - Svelte, Vue, (P)React, Lit and vanilla JS templates. - Native window translucency effects. - NSIS installer generation for Windows. - Code obfuscation and binary compression support. - No extra libraries or DLLs to ship. Lea Anthony [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/3b4685ad.png)](https://buttercms.com/hugo-cms/?utm_source=goweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=numberone) [🧈 ButterCMS Melts into Your Go + Hugo App. #1 Rated Headless CMS](https://buttercms.com/hugo-cms/?utm_source=goweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=numberone) — ButterCMS is your content backend. Enable your marketing team to update website + app content without needing you. Try the #1 rated Headless CMS for Go + Hugo today. 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