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NW.js Essentials

You're reading from   NW.js Essentials Build native desktop applications for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux using the latest web technologies

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785280863
Length 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Meet NW.js FREE CHAPTER 2. NW.js Native UI APIs 3. Leveraging the Power of Node.js 4. Data Persistence Solutions and Other Browser Web APIs 5. Let's Put It All Together 6. Packaging Your Application for Distribution 7. Automated Packaging Tools 8. Let's Debug Your Application 9. Taking Your Application to the Next Level Index

Let's get started!


Here we are. The first thing I consider when developing a new project is usually the application folder structure:

myApp/
> css/
-- app.css
-- options.css
> js/
-- nativeui.js
-- helpers.js
-- main.js
-- options.js
-- todos.js
> node_modules/
> vendor/
-- jquery.2.1.3.min.js
-- pouchdb-3.2.1.min.js
> views/
-- app.html
-- options.html
-- todo.html
- icon16.png
- index.html
- options.html
- package.json

As illustrated, before starting with the actual programming, we need to install some resources. So let's create the myApp folder and all the subfolders and then create a package.json file in the root:

{
  "name": "ToDO!",
  "main": "index.html",
  "window": {
    "show": true,
    "icon": "icon16.png",
    "min_width": 480,
    "min_height": 600,
    "width": 480,
    "height": 600,
    "toolbar": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "swig": "1.4.2"
  }
}

What we are doing here is pretty simple; we've set most of the data of the application, including the Main window...

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