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Electron Projects

You're reading from   Electron Projects Build over 9 cross-platform desktop applications from scratch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838552206
Length 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Denys Vuika Denys Vuika
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Philipp Langhans Philipp Langhans
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building Your First Electron Application 2. Building a Markdown Editor FREE CHAPTER 3. Integrating with Angular, React, and Vue 4. Building a Screenshot Snipping Tool 5. Making a 2D Game 6. Building a Music Player 7. Analytics, Bug Tracking, and Licensing 8. Building a Group Chat Application with Firebase 9. Building an eBook Editor and Generator 10. Building a Digital Wallet for Desktops 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building an eBook Editor and Generator

In this chapter, we are going to build an Electron application that allows users to author markdown documents and generate electronic books as a result. You are going to learn how to use the Monaco Editor by Microsoft in your Electron applications and how to process text with Pandoc (https://pandoc.org/) by utilizing Docker containers.

Why do we need Pandoc as a Docker container rather than as a standalone installation? The typical installation of Pandoc utils is pretty huge, and the setup instructions depend on the type of platform you are using. Moreover, you may need to install various supplementary tools, as well as keep them up to date.

With Docker, you get an image of Pandoc that is universal across all platforms. Besides, the containers are isolated from your operating system. When you don't need Pandoc on your machine, you can...

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