Build Your Next App with Electron

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Electron combines Chromium + Node.js to give web stacks native OS access (windows, notifications, clipboard) and is used to build Slack, GitHub Atom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp. The project has ~200 contributors, about 2,000 Electron-specific NPM packages and taps npm ~700,000 packages; 65% of developers already know JavaScript. A quick demo clones electron-quick-start and runs npm install then npm start in under 30 seconds, producing a working desktop app with devtools and hot-reload enabled.

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1. 0:00Introduction and welcome
2. 1:51What is Electron
3. 5:24Why build a desktop app
4. 7:34Why use Electron
5. 11:51Electron adoption and benefits
6. 13:42Getting started with Electron
7. 15:59Q&A and closing

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