Building a GitHub App With Node.js

GitHub Apps are a GitHub's preferred way to build more sophissticated functionality on top of GitHub. GitHub apps are a separate concept from GitHub OAuth Apps, which causes a lot of confusion. Here's how you can think of the difference: GitHub OAuth Apps can act on behalf of a user, but GitHub Apps are distinct "users" that can act on their own. If you authorize a GitHub OAuth App and that app posts on an issue, it looks as if you posted it. But if you install a GitHub App and that app posts on an issue, the post comes from a distinct user.