Electron
Electron
is the html/JavaSript container used byAtom
,Visual Studio Code
,Slack
etc. It can be used to create MAS (Mac App Store) apps.
c.f.
Alternatives:
Don’t forget that people are using Python alongside Electron:
- Electron as GUI of Python Applications (1)
- Electron as GUI of Python Applications (2)
- Reddit: Embedding Python in Electron
- Rodeo, A data science IDE for Python
- Mac App Store Submission Guide
- Releasing an Electron app on the Mac App Store
- Packaging and Submitting an Electron App to the Mac App Store
- 🚀Introducing electron-toolkit: The Electron app to build and launch Electron apps
Installation
npm install electron-prebuilt
Runing
electron .
References
I’ve created a few Electron
Apps which live in $/work/*/apps/...
Mac App Store
Structure
your-app/
├── package.json
├── main.js
└── index.html
package.json
{
"name" : "your-app",
"version" : "0.1.0",
"main" : "main.js"
}
main.js
'use strict';
const electron = require('electron');
const app = electron.app; // Module to control application life.
const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow; // Module to create native browser window.
// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
var mainWindow = null;
// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
// On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
// to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
if (process.platform != 'darwin') {
app.quit();
}
});
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
app.on('ready', function() {
// Create the browser window.
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600});
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html');
// Open the DevTools.
mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
// Emitted when the window is closed.
mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
// Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
// in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
// when you should delete the corresponding element.
mainWindow = null;
});
});
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
We are using node <script>document.write(process.versions.node)</script>,
Chrome <script>document.write(process.versions.chrome)</script>,
and Electron <script>document.write(process.versions.electron)</script>.
</body>
</html>
Making a standalone app
Packages
Under Windows
git clone https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start
cd ./electron-quick-start/
npm install
find . -name renderer.js
vim ./renderer.js
npm start
electron-packager .
npm install -g electron-windows-store
Drag & Drop Support
// renderer.js
const fs = require('fs')
// This file is required by the index.html file and will
// be executed in the renderer process for that window.
// All of the Node.js APIs are available in this process.
document.ondragover = document.ondrop = (ev) => {
ev.preventDefault()
}
document.body.ondrop = (ev) => {
const filename = ev.dataTransfer.files[0].path
console.log(filename)
ev.preventDefault()
fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
if (err) return console.log(err);
console.log(data)
});
}