Electron (software framework)

Electron
Developer(s) GitHub
Stable release 0.37.2 / March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)[1]
Written in C++ and JavaScript
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Linux and OSX
Platform Cross-platform
License MIT License
Website electron.atom.io

Electron (formerly known as Atom Shell[2]) is the main framework behind two notable open source software applications: Atom — GitHub's text editor,[3] and Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.[4] Electron is an open source framework developed by GitHub.[5] It allows for the development of desktop GUI applications using the Node.js framework, originally used for the development of backend web applications.

References

  1. ↑ "Release Notes". github.com. Microsoft. 14 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Sawicki, Kevin (April 23, 2015). "Atom Shell is now Electron". Atom. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  3. ↑ https://github.com/atom/atom
  4. ↑ James, Mike (23 November 2015). "Visual Studio Code - Now With Added Extensions". I Programmer. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  5. ↑ https://github.com/atom/electron

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