Lots of updates here which you can read in their blog announcement
A few things:
The release of Electron API Demos which contains code snippets to help you get your app started and tips on effectively using the Electron APIs.
The release of Devtron, an open-source extension to the Chrome Developer Tools designed to help you inspect, debug, and troubleshoot your Electron app.
A new release of Spectron - the integration testing framework for Electron apps.
The intro video:
@bentossell feels like Desktop apps making big comeback with Whatsapp, Telegram etc. But this could be huge for AV companies. I used to work in one and the amount of effort building/managing all the web and desktop apps was huge, leading to insanely slow release cycles!
@mirmayne They don't necessarily have to use the internet/web. Atom Editor by Github is offline and works on Linux, Mac, and Windows by using Electron. Also because it can access the file system and communicate to native APIs using Javascript, it can be more powerful than a web app.
Electron probably played a big part in the renewal of desktop apps, in the late. It's the react-native of desktop: use web tech, build desktop apps. Extremely powerful and versatile project.
Using it since early betas. Great to hear that the official 1.0 released! Electron is a must for webapp developers who want to build apps for desktop too!
This is powerful, and a great way to get desktop apps back into the frame. As a heavy desktop user, I'm excited to see what people will create, especially now that it will be easier, and cross platform!
@katrynvonfelsen I use Atom when I'm coding in JavaScript (mostly because with the right combination of plugins I think it is the best option for React) and it is definitely slower than Sublime Text but it has gotten better over the last few months. I'l' run some tests later to see the exact metrics, now I'm curious.
Really excited to see what folks start building with this. I've been lucky enough to have time at work to build some internal tools and we're moving a custom CRM to Electron. Powerful stuff.
We were about to start a project using Electron a couple of months ago. In the end, our client decided they didn't need it to be a desktop app. Really excited to try it out soon though! The case studies give a lot of confidence. Anyone here built anything with it?
I love tools that close the gap between web developers and native platform developers. This update for Electron is especially exciting and I can't wait to give it a try.
That's great, hadn't realised that Slack and Atom were built on Electron. The tool kit you need now to build just about any kind of app is JS HTML and CSS.
Some apps are just a better experience when on the desktop (given data syncing works well).
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