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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788295697

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Electron

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Sheiko

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Dedication

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

Chapter 2. Creating a File Explorer with NW.js – Enhancement and Delivery

Well, we have a working version of File Explorer that can be used to navigate the filesystem and open files with the default associated program. Now we will extend it for additional file operations, such as deleting and copy pasting. These options will keep in a dynamically built context menu. We will also consider the capabilities of NW.js to transfer data between diverse applications using the system clipboard. We will make the application respond to command-line options. We will also provide support for multiple languages and locales. We will protect the sources by compiling them into native code. We will consider packaging and distribution. At the end, we will set up a simple release server and make the File Explorer auto-update.

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Authors (1)

Sheiko

Sheiko

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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