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.

Electron: 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 Learn

• Leverage your knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Use 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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Welcome to Electron
Chapter 2: Installing Electron
Chapter 3: The Electron Quick Start
Chapter 4: BrowserWindow Basics
Chapter 5: Adding Custom Menus
Chapter 6: Understanding the IPC Module
Chapter 7: Working with the Dialog Module
Chapter 8: WebContents, Screens, and Locales
Chapter 9: The Dock Icon on macOS
Chapter 10: Shell
Chapter 11: Online/Offline Detection
Chapter 12: Advanced BrowserWindow
Chapter 13: Debugging Your Electron Application
Chapter 14: Testing with Spectron
Chapter 15: Building Your Application
Chapter 16: Auto Updating Your Application
Chapter 17: Additional Resources