In the previous recipe, we saw that with just a few small configuration changes, we can turn our web page into an application. However, you're still restricted in terms of what you can do, because you are still using only those features available in a sandboxed browser window. You don't have to think this way, for you can add basically all Node functionality using functions that let you go beyond the limits of the web. Let's see how to do it in this recipe.
Adding Node functionality to your app
How to do it...
We want to add some functionality to our app of the kind that a typical desktop would have. Let's see how can we do that. The key to adding Node functions to your app is to use the remote module...