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Desktop applications in JS.

Until recently I thought that even if possible it would be complicated, but then it turned out that actually the editor I am currently using is written in JS (VS Code). If that sounds interesting to you check out: https://electron.atom.io

19th Sep 2017, 7:22 PM
Nikolay Nachev
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Electron is amazing, i used a SQL client made in Electron... it really impressed me, i thought it was slow and... i was wrong! If someone want to try it: https://sqlectron.github.io/
19th Sep 2017, 7:45 PM
Maz
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thats really interesting i would like to check out this thnx sir for this😊😊 i just want to give one more link to more information https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.wired.com/2016/05/javascript-conquered-web-now-taking-desktop/amp/?espv=1
19th Sep 2017, 7:34 PM
GAWEN STEASY
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@Nick - I am not as good as you might think, but a lot of practice is the key 😃
21st Sep 2017, 3:24 PM
Nikolay Nachev
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wow.!!!.it is my huge mistake that i look down on javascript when was in college ..instead i focus on java and php which i thought they were easy and more effective...it is time to turn back to JS..big time for JS...
21st Sep 2017, 6:41 PM
Andrew Ting Mai Zau
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Hmmm I should keep notepad aside and use this. Thanks for the info Sir!
19th Sep 2017, 11:08 PM
👑 Prometheus 🇸🇬
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I already knew that VS Code is written in JavaScript or more saying TypeScript
21st Sep 2017, 3:55 PM
Siddharth Saraf
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Thanks @Nikolay, I'll go check it out.
19th Sep 2017, 7:32 PM
Ipang
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also you can check NativeScript by Facebook
19th Sep 2017, 7:46 PM
Yaroslav Pieskov
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Never thought JS has any work outside websites
19th Sep 2017, 11:09 PM
👑 Prometheus 🇸🇬
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@Blade of Justice, if U have Brackets or Discord app, u can press Ctrl+Shift+U to open developer tools like in GChrome
20th Sep 2017, 1:43 AM
Yaroslav Pieskov
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@Nikolay How did you become so good?
21st Sep 2017, 12:13 PM
Nick Nderitu
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Using WinJS
20th Sep 2017, 8:28 AM
Toeum Thnorm
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