Electron from Scratch: Build Desktop Applications with JavaScript

Electron allows you to create 3 desktop applications that are useful using web technologies.

About This Video

• Electron allows you to build desktop applications.
• Learn how to use Vanilla JS, React with Electron and other technologies
• Create custom menu items, system tray applications, and many other features

This interactive course teaches you how to build cross-platform desktop apps using Electron. Many popular apps, such as VS Code and Slack, are built on Electron.

This course will teach you how to build 3 apps.

• ImageShrink - An application to optimize images for websites
• SystTop – A real-time CPU monitor that sends out notifications and keeps track of the system tray
• BugLogger - A CRUD application to track logs. It uses React and MongoDB Atlas as cloud databases.

This course will begin with an introduction to Electron. As you learn more, you will be able to create your first app, ImageShrink. You will also learn how you can create menus with custom-made items.

Next, you will learn how to create the interface, log files and IPC communication. You will also learn how to create a menu template.

Later sections will introduce you to SystTop, and BugLogger. You will also learn how to use Interval/Dynamic Systems Stats.

This course will teach you how to create desktop apps with Electron, and how to communicate with processes with IPCRenderer and IPCMain.