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Electron Projects

By : Denys Vuika
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Electron Projects

By: Denys Vuika

Overview of this book

The Electron framework allows you to use modern web technologies to build applications that share the same code across all operating systems and platforms. This also helps designers to easily transition from the web to the desktop. Electron Projects guides you through building cross-platform Electron apps with modern web technologies and JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React.js, and Vue.js. You’ll explore the process of configuring modern JavaScript frameworks and UI libraries, real-time analytics and automatic updates, and interactions with the operating system. You’ll get hands-on with building a basic Electron app, before moving on to implement a Markdown Editor. In addition to this, you’ll be able to experiment with major JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and Vue.js, discovering ways to integrate them with Electron apps for building cross-platform desktop apps. Later, you’ll learn to build a screenshot snipping tool, a mini-game, and a music player, while also gaining insights into analytics, bug tracking, and licensing. You’ll then get to grips with building a chat app, an eBook generator and finally a simple digital wallet app. By the end of this book, you’ll have experience in building a variety of projects and project templates that will help you to apply your knowledge when creating your own cross-platform applications.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Creating the project structure

In this section, we are going to create a new project structure and use the React view library to set up the frontend. You are also going to set up the Monaco Editor and its React wrapper component with your Electron application.

We are going to cover the following important aspects when setting up the project:

  • Generating a new React application with the official create-react-app tool
  • Installing the Monaco Editor, which has been developed by Microsoft
  • Configuring and testing the web application
  • Integrating the Electron shell wrapper and verifying that it works

First, let's learn how to generate a new application scaffold.

Generating a new React application

When creating a new Electron...