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Building a MarkDown Reader in Electron

Ali Spittel on January 30, 2018

Ever since it came out, I've been interested in Electron because it allows you to write desktop apps in JavaScript. This allows you to use all the ...
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tiff

I think because it's so simple you shouldn't have to go learning Objective C and Cocoa or C# if you're writing Windows apps. If there was more to it, sure, I could see whipping up something in ObjC or C#. But both of those languages require a bit more overhead and ObjC is notoriously a pain to work with. So I think choosing Electron for such a simple app makes sense.

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Sylvain Marty

Very good post !

To package your app for distribution, you could use electron-builder or electron-packager. ☺️
I use the first one and its amazingly useful ! It certainly will ask you to change your file structure a little but trust me, it worth it if you want to distribute an app. πŸ˜‰

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Matheus Felipe

If anyone have to try out Electron and use VueJs for your framework of choice. Take a look on quasar framework.

Quasar electron is an amazing project and have a lot of components to use to build a awesome apps with or without electron.

I'll use on my main company app without fear!

Thanks for share your view on electron, I'm more excited than ever to put my hands on this! hahaha

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z0al

Awesome, thanks for sharing :)

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z0al

Now this makes me want to try Electron and probably build something like regex101.com . it's your fault ;)