Electron - Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies

[AstonJ]

Continuing the discussion from Best Programming Languages 2016:

@kofno

Electron is a tool for building cross platform desktop apps using javascript and html. It was factored out of the Atom editor, and it is the basis for a several other desktop tools: Slack client, VS Code, Light Table, etc.

http://electron.atom.io

[AstonJ]

Thanks for the info @kofno - it looks pretty good, how you getting on with it?

This looks interesting too: Consider opal/atom backend · Issue #712 · shoes/shoes4 · GitHub

[kofno]

So far, it’s been great. I’m building my app in Elm, and using ports and a little bit of javascript to talk to Electron directly. They make for a really nice combination.

[AstonJ]

@kofno

So far, it’s been great. I’m building my app in Elm, and using ports and a little bit of javascript to talk to Electron directly. They make for a really nice combination.

That sounds pretty awesome!! I can’t wait to see your blogs/screencasts/course on Elm

[kofno]

I’m pretty excited about that.