Browser Invasion: Desktop Apps and the Web

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Claim: web code runs as genuine desktop apps by marrying Chromium + Node.js via Electron, letting HTML/CSS/JS access native APIs. Demonstrations use Ember with ember-electron and Electron Forge, show IPC between renderer and main, FS reads delivered to renderer, and HTML5 Web Audio playing combined soundtracks. Examples include Atom, Slack, Hyper and >540 apps listed on electronjs.org. Built a working “atmospheres” app that reads a local sounds folder, plays mixes, shows touch bar linting, and supports GitHub-based auto‑updates via update‑electron‑app.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:35Extensibility
3. 22:16ARCHITECTURE
4. 43:55Visual Style
5. 46:04demo

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