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GitHub Electron (or simply Electron) allows you to build desktop applications using just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Sounds like a pretty ambitious statement to make. But it is indeed true, just as Apache Cordova (also known as PhoneGap) enables you to create mobile applications also with just HTML, CSS, JS, and so does Electron for the desktop.
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Griffith, C., Wells, L. (2017). Welcome to Electron. In: Electron: From Beginner to Pro. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2826-5_1
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