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TypeScript has gained popularity in recent years, and to put things into perspective, it has over 29 million weekly downloads on npm. According to the Stack Overflow 2021 developer survey, it is ranked as the third most-loved programing language, beating Python, Node.js, and JavaScript itself. To learn how to set up TypeScript with node, see this article.

After sweating blood and tears I've finally managed to set up a Node C++ addon and shove a web-platform standard MediaStream object into one of its C++ methods for good. For compatibility across different V8 and Node.js versions, I'm using Native Abstractions for Node.js (nan):

One of the most loved frameworks around is Electron. It's used for writing cross-platform desktop applications. The latest release brings you navigationHistory extensions, a new handler for unlocking a cryptographic device, plenty of bug fixes, removal of some support, and some deprecated properties in favour of others. If you're an Electron user, check out the release notes so you're up to date.

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There's a high probability that a bunch of desktop apps you are using are built with Electron. Electron is a framework that combines Node.js, parts of Chromium, and a layer of native code. Apps like Visual Studio Code, Slack, Atom, WhatsApp, or even the installer for Microsoft's Visual Studio use it to build for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Though Electron has its own fanbase, many flock to its competitor, Tauri, for its significantly better startup times and lower memory consumption.

Repository: Electron

Electron GitHub Repository

The team at Electron have been faithfully shipping new releases almost every single month. I think they had Christmas off 🤔. This popular framework has developers writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. The latest update depreciates some process events, and added new modules, APIs, methods, and more. Read into all the changes in the Electron release notes. This month, Electron also introduced a new formal RFC process.

VS Code has been crashing at launch in Wayland since more than eight months ago:

https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/37531

So we talked a lot about the Atomic Design Principle, but you could just use that in any system and start creating. You could have Angular components, React Components, and Vue Components. But if you notice these don't easily work Everwhere. So the solution is to use Web Components because the modern browser can already understand these, and any Front-End framework can then utilize these components. You can use Electron for desktop (Slack, VSCode), PWA for both Android and iOS, and across all browsers Can I Use.