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Modern JavaScript Web Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Modern JavaScript Web Development Cookbook Easy solutions to common and everyday JavaScript development problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788992749
Length 642 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Federico Kereki Federico Kereki
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Preface 1. Working with JavaScript Development Tools 2. Using Modern JavaScript Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Developing with Node 4. Implementing RESTful Services with Node 5. Testing and Debugging Your Server 6. Developing with React 7. Enhancing Your Application 8. Expanding Your Application 9. Debugging Your Application 10. Testing Your Application 11. Creating Mobile Apps with React Native 12. Testing and Debugging Your Mobile App 13. Creating a Desktop Application with Electron 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding Node functionality to your app

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.

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...

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