From da30e3348e1de2993b3abb171b76254f9cf9db6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: probablycorey Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 11:56:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme --- README.md | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cd4081df8f65..79009e19f1c6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,19 +1,17 @@ ## Overview -Atom Shell is a cross-platform desktop application shell. It provides a way to -build native like applications with [node.js](http://nodejs.org) and web page -engine of [Chromium](http://www.chromium.org). - -It is powering the [Atom editor](https://github.com/atom/atom). +The Atom Shell framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications +using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [node.js](http://nodejs.org) and +[Chromium](http://www.chromium.org) and is used in the [Atom +editor](https://github.com/atom/atom). ## Downloads -Prebuilt binaries of atom-shell for Linux, Window and Mac could be found in the -[releases](https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/releases) page, new releases would -also be published there. +Prebuilt binaries of atom-shell for Linux, Window and Mac can be found on the +[releases](https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/releases) page. -## Documents +## Documentation -Visist the [docs](https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/tree/master/docs) in the -repository for usage guides and API references, it also includes how to build -and contribute to atom-shell. +Guides and the API reference is located in the +[docs](https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/tree/master/docs) directory. It also +contains documents describing how to build and contributeto atom-shell.