Electron

Let's run the second command. The result may be surprising: a graphical window appears on your screen!:

What is this? What is Electron? Let's answer that question several ways: to the end user, to the developer or product owner, under the hood, and at the end of the chapter, from the perspective of JavaScript's history and development. To the end user, an Electron app is just a regular desktop app. Users can't even tell it's made with Electron. The unboxing flow is exactly the same: the user gets the app from their favorite app store, or downloads setup.exe from your website. The daily experience is also the same: the app has an ...

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