}}'''Electron''' (formerly known as Atom Shell<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sawicki |first1=Kevin |date=April 23, 2015 |url=http://blog.atom.io/2015/04/23/electron.html |title=Atom Shell is now Electron |work=Atom |accessdate=2015-12-02}}</ref>) is the main framework behind two notable open source software applications: [[GitHub]] [[Atom (text editor)|Atom]] — [[GitHub]]'s text editor,<ref>https://github.com/atom/atom</ref> and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Visual Studio Code]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Mike |date=23 November 2015 |title=Visual Studio Code - Now With Added Extensions |url=http://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/9202-visual-studio-code-now-with-added-extensions.html |work=I Programmer |accessdate=2015-12-02}}</ref> GitHub Electron is an open source framework developed by [[GitHub]].<ref>https://github.com/atom/electron</ref> ElectronIt allows for the development of desktop [[GUI]] applications using the [[Node.js]] framework, originally used for the development of backend web applications.
