Lately in JavaScript podcast

How JavaScript is Reviving Desktop Applications with Electron - Lately in JavaScript podcast episode 67 By Manuel Lemos Electron is a library developed by GitHub that provides means to create and package desktop applications using the Chromium browser and Node.js. The revival of desktop applications based on Electron was the main topic discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 67 of the Lately in PHP podcast. They also talked about the latest developments of V8 engine that already supports EcmaScript 6 new JavaScript features, WebAssembly support in the browsers, running multiple tasks in the background with Web workers, etc.. This article contains a transcript of the podcast summary below. Listen to the podcast now, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript text to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript topics discussed in this podcast.