Node webkit-meetup
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Node-webkit is a tool that allows developers to create desktop applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by combining the Chromium rendering engine and Node.js. It was created in 2011 by Intel and allows packaging of web applications into standalone applications that can run on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows while providing access to low-level system functionality normally only available to native applications. Node-webkit applications have access to Node.js modules, web APIs, and native system capabilities through a single JavaScript context.
Node webkit-meetup
- 1. node-webkit OpenWeb as a packaged app robert.szaloki@euedge.com
- 2. node-webkit ● made by intel in 2011 ● Chromium + node.js ● html + css + js ➡ linux, OS X, windows
- 3. node-webkit > browser ● user files ● low level networking ● frameless windows ● node.js functions live in the rendering thread ● all script operations as user gesture ● global access for local pages
- 4. layers node-webkit app node.js modules jade, level, ... web libraries jQuery, angular, ... node.js native crypto, fs, ... DOM window, GUM, ...
- 6. package.json { "name": "countdown", "main": "index.html", "window": { "frame": false, "width": 1000, "height": 125, "title": "final countdown", "icon": "link.png", "toolbar": true, "position": "mouse", "min_width": 400, "min_height": 200, "max_width": 800, "max_height": 600 }, "dependencies": { } }
- 7. build/start 1. download node-webkit binary 2. zip all of your assets zip -r ../app.nw * 3. start node-webkit app.nw 4. create a bundle: cat /usr/bin/nw app.nw > app && chmod +x app