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Electron (software framework)

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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
1.0.1 / May 11, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-05-11)[1]
Repository
Written inC++ and JavaScript
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux and OSX
PlatformCross-platform
LicenseMIT License
Websitewww.electronjs.org Edit this on Wikidata

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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