We've completed our chat application. We started this chapter by programming the actions of the title bar. On the way, we learned how to control application window state in Electron. We looked into the WebSockets technology on the example of simple echo server and the accompanying client. Going deeper, we designed chat services based on WebSockets. We bound client events to the component states. We were introduced to the Jest testing framework and examined a generic approach to unit-testing React components. Besides, we created regression tests for both stateless and stateful components. We packaged our application and built an installer. We fiddled with publishing releases and made the application update whenever a new release is available.
Cross-platform Desktop Application Development: Electron, Node, NW.js, and React
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Overview of this book
Building and maintaining cross-platform desktop applications with native languages isn’t a trivial task. Since it’s hard to simulate on a foreign platform, packaging and distribution can be quite platform-specific and testing cross-platform apps is pretty complicated.In such scenarios, web technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript can be your lifesaver. HTML5 desktop applications can be distributed across different platforms (Window, MacOS, and Linux) without any modifications to the code.
The book starts with a walk-through on building a simple file explorer from scratch powered by NW.JS. So you will practice the most exciting features of bleeding edge CSS and JavaScript. In addition you will learn to use the desktop environment integration API, source code protection, packaging, and auto-updating with NW.JS.
As the second application you will build a chat-system example implemented with Electron and React. While developing the chat app, you will get Photonkit. Next, you will create a screen capturer with NW.JS, React, and Redux.
Finally, you will examine an RSS-reader built with TypeScript, React, Redux, and Electron. Generic UI components will be reused from the React MDL library. By the end of the book, you will have built four desktop apps. You will have covered everything from planning, designing, and development to the enhancement, testing, and delivery of these apps.
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Cross-platform Desktop Application Development: Electron, Node, NW.js, and React
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Preface
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Creating a File Explorer with NW.js-Planning, Designing, and Development
Creating a File Explorer with NW.js – Enhancement and Delivery
Creating a Chat System with Electron and React – Planning, Designing, and Development
Creating a Chat System with Electron and React – Enhancement, Testing, and Delivery
Creating a Screen Capturer with NW.js, React, and Redux – Planning, Design, and Development
Creating a Screen Capturer with NW.js: Enhancement, Tooling, and Testing
Creating RSS Aggregator with Electron, TypeScript , React, and Redux: Planning, Design, and Development
Creating RSS Aggregator with Electron, TypeScript, React, and Redux: Development
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