FrontendMasters - Electron v3

Electron is a platform for building native, cross-platform desktop applications using web technologies (e.g. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). In this workshop, learn to tackle building a few desktop applications using Electron. We’ll discuss how to implement OS-level functionality, integrate modern front-end frameworks, as well as how to test our applications. Finally, we’ll package and deploy our applications and learn how to automatically push updates to our growing audience.

By participating along with us in the workshop, you'll learn:

• Learn how to get started with Electron.
• Add features not possible in traditional web applications using Electron’s built-in modules.
• Tackle communicating between multiple processes using inter-process communication (IPC).
• Learn how to put applications in the menubar and system tray using Electron’s tray module.
• Integrate your tried and true web development tools (e.g., Sass, TypeScript, and Babel) using electron-compile and Electron Forge.
• Get your application into users’ hands by packaging your application and deploying them via GitHub releases.
• Get the latest and greatest version of your application out and into the world using Electron’s auto-update functionality.