Sorry but when you say "Desktop apps", do you mean web apps?
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@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.
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!
Awesome!!! Been using Electron aka Atom shell for over a year. Can do anything with JavaScript these days!
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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!
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excellent tool for web developers! thanks very much
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Awesome… I only wonder how it is against a chrome app in therm of performances :)
@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.
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