@ibdknox ported Light Table from node-webkit to atom-shell a few weeks ago (https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/tree/atom-shell). I haven't looked at it myself, but I heard some noises from him about easier deployment and smoother UI (possibly from better handling of the webkit and libuv event loops).

In a nutshell, not a lot of difference, but you interact with node slightly differently, newer version of v8.

https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/blob/master/docs/developm...