Electron in Action

List of Figures

Chapter 1. Introducing Electron

Figure 1.1. LevelUI is a GUI for Node’s LevelUp database built with Electron. You couldn’t build this application in a traditional browser because it wouldn’t have the ability to access a local database on the user’s computer. It also couldn’t use the LevelUI library because it’s a compiled C++ module, which only Node—and not the browser— can use.

Figure 1.2. Electron combines the core web browsing component of Chromium with the low-level system access of Node.

Figure 1.3. Brave is an entire web browser built on top of Electron.

Figure 1.4. In a browser-based web application, it might not be practical to rely on the Fetch API, given its inconsistent support. But in your Electron applications, you’re ...