JavaScript eating the world, desktop edition

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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