Electron is a framework for developing cross-platform desktop applications using web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It allows developers to bundle web apps with a native-like experience by incorporating a Chromium browser and Node.js runtime. Electron is widely used for applications like VS Code, Discord, and Slack, enabling a single codebase to be executed on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Shelley Vohr, a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, works on Electron. She joins the podcast with Josh Goldberg to discuss her work on the Electron project.
Josh Goldberg is an independent full-time open-source developer in the TypeScript ecosystem. He works on projects that facilitate writing better TypeScript, most notably typecript-eslint, which allows ESLint and Prettier to run on TypeScript code. Josh regularly contributes to open-source projects like ESLint and TypeScript. He is a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies and the author of the acclaimed Learning TypeScript (O’Reilly), a valuable resource for developers learning TypeScript outside of JavaScript experience. Josh frequently presents talks and workshops at bootcamps, conferences, and meetups to share knowledge on TypeScript, static analysis, open-source, and general frontend and web development.