JavaScript eating the world, desktop edition (JS Party #34)

Kball and Feross talk with Shelley Vohr and Jeremy Apthorp about what Electron is, why to use it, and what comes next for the platform.

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Featuring:

• Shelley Vohr – GitHub, X
• Jeremy Apthorp – GitHub, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Feross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Electron memory usage compared to other cross-platform frameworks | rory is ok
• Put your Electron app on a diet with Electrino – DailyJS – Medium
• How To Make Your Electron App Sexy - DC
• Overall speed of electron based products · Issue #5672 · electron/electron
• The npm Blog — JavaScript Usage by Industry

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