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> You can think of Offbase as something like Electron, but in a browser.

Uhh, the messaging is now even more confused.

Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

The browser is a framework for creating web-based applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

So what does it mean "Electron in a browser"?

It lets you write to files. Except that these are files that exist in a self contained virtual file system in the browser. You can do things like fs.writeFile() or fs.readFile() (like electron, but without needing a desktop app, but directly inside the browser), and push that entire file system to a remote git repository, or pull from one.

Where can I go to learn how to do this? It's an awesome concept. Are there any resources you can point me to?

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