Electron Apps with Jessica Lord and Evan Morikawa

Description:

Electron is becoming more and more of a relevant and popular way of building multi-platform desktop apps with web technologies. Let's get a dive into this awesome tech and see how we can use it to enhance our own experience and our user's experience on the desktop.

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Jessica Lord

@jllord

LinksElectron API Demos
Electron Apps
Electron Quick Start App
Devtron
Electron Packager

TipsElectron Quick Start App
Make a menubar app
Check out the nativize.css file in Electron API Demos app
Electron community tools and meetups

PicksHammock Camping!
Mojibar

Evan Morikawa

@e0m

LinksAtom
VSCode

TipsReading Open source

PicksObservables
Atom slack channel
Moonwalking With Einstein

Tyler McGinnis

@tylermcginnis33

TipsFind a hobby- Skaters of the web

PicksHow to learn technical things

Kent C. Dodds

@kentcdodds

LinksMy Atom Plugins

TipsTeach to Learn. I learned ASTs by preparing and giving this talk. And read this blogpost by Anirudh Modi.

PicksStart With Why
What Code Comments can Teach us About Scaling a Codebase

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