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.
| Electron | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer(s) | GitHub |
| Stable release | 0.37.2
/ March 14, 2016[1] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ and JavaScript |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux and OSX |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | www |
References
- ^ "Release Notes". github.com. Microsoft. 14 March 2016.
- ^ Sawicki, Kevin (April 23, 2015). "Atom Shell is now Electron". Atom. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ^ https://github.com/atom/atom
- ^ James, Mike (23 November 2015). "Visual Studio Code - Now With Added Extensions". I Programmer. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ^ https://github.com/atom/electron
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