Building Electron Applications

In this course, you will learn how to effectively apply your web development skills to the desktop paradigm, so you can get your desktop idea to market without any friction.

The web platform is rapidly evolving, however there are plenty of applications that need more than what a web browser can offer. Electron is a popular open source framework that allows you to build desktop applications using the skills you already possess as a front-end developer.

Electron is by far the easiest and fastest way to develop high quality cross-platform desktop applications. This course covers everything you need to know about the Electron framework, but most importantly, how to effectively translate your web front-end skills to the desktop paradigm.

About the Author

Juan Cruz Viotti is a software engineering team lead at resin. He is an active member of the open source community, and is the maintainer of several open source projects, most notably Etcher, a cross platform image writer desktop application focused on IoT.

Juan Cruz approaches software engineering with a focus on testability, and maintainability, and has extensive experience with web technologies on browser, server, mobile, desktop, and embedded applications.