October 2018
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
11h 34m
English
Overview
Electron in Action guides you, step-by-step, as you learn to build cross-platform desktop applications that run on Windows, OSX, and Linux. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to build simple, snappy applications using JavaScript, Node, and the Electron framework.
About the Technology
Wouldn’t it be great to build desktop applications using just your web dev skills? Electron is a framework designed for exactly that! Fully cross-platform, Electron lets you use JavaScript and Node to create simple, snappy desktop apps. Spinning up tools, games, and utilities with Electron is fast, practical, and fun!
About the Book
Electron in Action teaches you to build cross-platform applications using JavaScript, Node, and the Electron framework. You’ll learn how to think like a desktop developer as you build a text tool that reads and renders Markdown. You’ll add OS-specific features like the file system, menus, and clipboards, and use Chromium’s tools to distribute the finished product. You’ll even round off your learning with data storage, performance optimization, and testing.
What's Inside
- Building for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Native operating system APIs
- Using third-party frameworks like React
- Deploying to the Mac App Store
About the Reader
Requires intermediate JavaScript and Node skills. No experience building desktop apps required.
About the Author
Steven Kinney is a principal engineer at SendGrid, an instructor with Frontend Masters, and the organizer of the DinosaurJS conference in Denver, Colorado.
Quotes
The definitive source on cross-platform desktop app development with a code-driven narrative.
- Ashwin K. Raj, Innocepts
Takes you from simply knowing what Electron is about, to actually writing complex Electron applications.
- Alexey Galiullin, Voiceworks
Allowed me to quickly build my own day-to-day tools.
- Philippe Charrière, GitLab
Fast to read and easy to understand.
- Jay Kelkar, Kelkar Systems
Finally, JavaScript is everywhere!
- William E. Wheeler, consultant
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