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 The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications
 using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and
-[Chromium](https://www.chromium.org) and is used by the [Atom
-editor](https://github.com/atom/atom) and many other [apps](https://electronjs.org/apps).
+[Chromium](https://www.chromium.org) and is used by the [Visual Studio
+Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/) and many other [apps](https://electronjs.org/apps).
 
 Follow [@electronjs](https://twitter.com/electronjs) on Twitter for important
 announcements.