GitHub’s Electron reaches 1.0 release with new features for Web apps turned desktop

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by Sindy Cator on May 11, 2016 at 6:29 pm

Electron, GitHub’s tool for creating cross-platform desktop applications, has reached its 1.0 release which the company says is “a major milestone in API stability and maturity.” Formerly known as Atom Shell, Electron 1.0 has API demos with code snippets so you can get up and running faster. It also provides guidance for using Electron’s APIs. Once you’ve implemented those APIs, Spectron lets you write tests to verify app behavior. Chrome developers will be able to access Devtron, an extension that’s meant for inspecting and debugging Electron apps. It’s made up of four main components: Require graph: lets you visualize internal…