Changelog Master Feed JavaScript eating the world, desktop edition (JS Party #34)
Jul 13, 2018
01:02:11
Kball and Feross talk with Shelley Vohr and Jeremy Apthorp about what Electron is, why to use it, and what comes next for the platform.
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Featuring:
- Shelley Vohr – GitHub, X
- Jeremy Apthorp – GitHub, X
- Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Feross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, X
Show Notes:
- Electron memory usage compared to other cross-platform frameworks | rory is ok
- Put your Electron app on a diet with Electrino – DailyJS – Medium
- How To Make Your Electron App Sexy - DC
- Overall speed of electron based products · Issue #5672 · electron/electron
- The npm Blog — JavaScript Usage by Industry
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