Landing on the Desktop with Electron

Creating a native desktop app may sound intimidating. I was mortified when my company asked me to help develop a native desktop game. However, Electron has a very low barrier to entry. With a basic understanding of JavaScript and NodeJs you can build powerful applications. Visual Studio Code, Slack and Atom are just a few of the big names that use Electron to build their apps. This talk will explore the key concepts of Electron as well as a live coding demo show how easily you can turn your web app into a desktop application.

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1. Landing on the Desktop with Electron
2. @chatterboxCoder chatterboxCoder nokenwa Nathaniel Okenwa
4. Desktop Applications
5. Web Technology
6. Electron.js
7. What is Electron?
8. Let’s go back in time
11. Chromium
15. So how does it work?
16. Electron Main process Renderer Process Renderer Process Renderer Process
17. Electron Main process Renderer Process Renderer Process Renderer Process
18. Electron Main process Renderer Process Renderer Process Renderer Process
19. Basic Demo
20. More Features Demo
21. Packaging your Application
24. Game Server
25. Thank You
26. @chatterboxCoder chatterboxCoder nokenwa
27. Extra Resources www.electronjs.org