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Electron: From Beginner to Pro: Learn to Build Cross Platform Desktop Applications using Github's Electron
Discover how to take your existing web development skills and learn how to create desktop applications for macOS, Windows, and Linux, using GitHub's Electron. Learn how to combine the power of Node.js and Chromium to provide a powerful development platform for creating web applications that break free from the browser.
From Beginner to Pro guides you through the capabilities that you have available to create desktop applications. Learn to use features like file system access, create native menus, OS-specific dialogs and more. The authors will show you how to package your application for distribution for multiple platforms and enable auto-updating.
What You Will LearnLeverage your knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScriptUse current web applications for the desktop
Create and use Electron’s main process and render process to create effective desktop applications
Communicate between processes and between windows
Build desktop applications that can be updated and distributed
Who This Book Is For
Web developers looking to leverage their HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills to create desktop widgets and applications.
Developers wanting to leverage existing a Web application to extend functionality with a desktop application.
From Beginner to Pro guides you through the capabilities that you have available to create desktop applications. Learn to use features like file system access, create native menus, OS-specific dialogs and more. The authors will show you how to package your application for distribution for multiple platforms and enable auto-updating.
What You Will LearnLeverage your knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScriptUse current web applications for the desktop
Create and use Electron’s main process and render process to create effective desktop applications
Communicate between processes and between windows
Build desktop applications that can be updated and distributed
Who This Book Is For
Web developers looking to leverage their HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills to create desktop widgets and applications.
Developers wanting to leverage existing a Web application to extend functionality with a desktop application.
423 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 22, 2017
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