Electron is an online tool to build cross-platform desktop apps with the help of web technologies. It is a framework for creating native desktop applications for companies or businesses using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It allows you to focus on the core part of the application and takes care of the hard part of the app itself with ease.
It has self-hosted deployment and compatible with the desktop platform such as Linux, Windows, Mac, and other operating systems. Firstly, it handled only Atom Editor of GitHub, but now Electron uses to create complex and practical desktop applications for large-sized enterprises like Docker, Microsoft, and Slack, etc.
The core features of Electron includes Support HTML5, Desktop Publishing, and Support for JavaScript, Native Applications building, and many others. It is an open-source solution that maintains by the community of contributors and GitHub. The tool supports the Electron API Demos app that interactively demonstrates the top features of the tool’s API with the tips for building apps and sample code as well.
It has a Fiddle that enables you to experience quick-start templates and create small Electron experiments easily. The solution’s hard parts make the development easy with the windows installers, automatic updates, native notification & menu as well as crash reporting.
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