Electron - A Community Story

Explore the journey of Electron's community-driven success in this JSConf.Asia 2016 talk by Cheng Zhao, a GitHub developer working on the Electron framework. Discover how Electron evolved from its early days as node-webkit with a single user to becoming a widely adopted framework with daily new app releases. Learn about the strategies employed to build and nurture a thriving community, including setting targets, effective promotion, and retaining early users. Gain insights into the open-sourcing process, the importance of community channels, and the team's approach to issues and pull requests. Understand the impact of corporate users on the project's growth and the challenges that come with it. Delve into the key factors that contributed to Electron's expansion from a solo project to a full-fledged team effort.

Intro
introduction
a brief history of Electron
early days of node-webkit
set a target
built a simple community
promotion
kept early users
what to do next usually
first year of Electron
open sourced after one year
community channels
answer every issue
respect pull requests
make contribution easy
company users are good
they can be bad
grew to a team