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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

The general logic behind the packaging procedure


Generally, we can say that packaging an NW.js application is sufficient to:

  • Linux and Microsoft Windows: Copy all the project files inside the folder containing the NW.js executable and deploy the entire folder

  • Mac OS X: Copy all of the project files into nwjs.app/Contents/Resources/app.nw/ and deploy the nwjs.app file

If this rule is generally valid, it is also true that it is just one of the many ways to package an NW.js application and does not provide any customization of the appearance and behavior of the application.

It should also be considered that some of the installed Node.js/io.js modules might not work or require different dependencies based on the current platform. For this reason, you should always redo npm install on any platform to which you plan to deploy.

Another thing has to be considered when naming files and folders. While Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows are case insensitive, this is not true for Linux. Moreover, when packaging...

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