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# Quick Start
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Electron enables you to create desktop applications with pure JavaScript by
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providing a runtime with rich native (operating system) APIs. You could see it
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as a variant of the Node.js runtime that is focused on desktop applications
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instead of web servers.
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The old "Quick Start" document that used to live here has been split up into
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two documents:
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* To check out how a simple Electron app is built, see
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[Writing Your First Electron App][first-app]
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* To check out the process architecture, see
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[Main and Renderer Processes][processes].
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If you just came here to learn about Electron, check out the
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[official guides][readme].
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[first-app]: ./first-app.md
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[processes]: ./application-architecture.md#main-and-renderer-processes
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[readme]: ../README.md
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