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Cross-platform Desktop Application Development: Electron, Node, NW.js, and React

You're reading from   Cross-platform Desktop Application Development: Electron, Node, NW.js, and React Build desktop applications with web technologies

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Published in Jul 2017
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ISBN-13 9781788295697
Length 300 pages
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Dmitry Sheiko is a web developer, blogger, and open source contributor, living and working in the lovely city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Dmitry got hooked on computer programming in late 80s. Since 1998, he has been in web-development. Over the last few years, Dmitry has been creating desktop applications with NW.js/Electron. The very first solutions were made with JavaScript/Backbone, but then he switched to TypeScript/React/Redux. Dmitry has authored dozens of projects at GitHub, including: nw-autoupdater, Pragmatic CSS, and a CommonJS compiler.
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Preface 1. Creating a File Explorer with NW.js-Planning, Designing, and Development FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating a File Explorer with NW.js – Enhancement and Delivery 3. Creating a Chat System with Electron and React – Planning, Designing, and Development 4. Creating a Chat System with Electron and React – Enhancement, Testing, and Delivery 5. Creating a Screen Capturer with NW.js, React, and Redux – Planning, Design, and Development 6. Creating a Screen Capturer with NW.js: Enhancement, Tooling, and Testing 7. Creating RSS Aggregator with Electron, TypeScript , React, and Redux: Planning, Design, and Development 8. Creating RSS Aggregator with Electron, TypeScript, React, and Redux: Development

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To build and run the examples in this book, you need either Linux or macOS; you will also need npm/Node.js. At the time of writing, the author tested the examples with the following software:

  • npm v.5.2.0
  • node v.8.1.1
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Windows 10, and macOS Sierra 10.12
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Dmitry Sheiko is a web developer, blogger, and open source contributor, living and working in the lovely city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Dmitry got hooked on computer programming in late 80s. Since 1998, he has been in web-development. Over the last few years, Dmitry has been creating desktop applications with NW.js/Electron. The very first solutions were made with JavaScript/Backbone, but then he switched to TypeScript/React/Redux. Dmitry has authored dozens of projects at GitHub, including: nw-autoupdater, Pragmatic CSS, and a CommonJS compiler.
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