You need to use Electron Packager. Install it using: # for use in npm scripts npm install electron-packager –save-dev # for use from cli npm install electron-packager -g And package or deploy using: electron-packager <sourcedir> <appname> –platform=win32 –arch=x86_64 If you would like to keep it with the Electron Installation, see Application Distribution. Update : Above … Read more
You can package your program using electron-packager and then build a single setup EXE file using InnoSetup.
From here: http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-technology-behind-the-Spotify-desktop-app Dated: 2014-09-09 Andreas Blixt, 5-year Spotify employee: The core of all our clients is C++, but that core has since Rasmus’s post gotten condensed, with functionality split out into modules. As Spotify becomes available on more and more platforms as well as getting a richer feature set, we need to ensure that … Read more
No, they have clearly stated that these are windows only. In one of the .NET Core 3.0 discussions, they have also clarified that they do not intend to make these features cross-platform in the future since the whole concept is derived from windows specific features. They talked about thinking of a whole new idea for … Read more
Option 1: Electron (formerly atom-shell) This is the shell that GitHub’s Atom and Microsoft’s Code editors use. It’s very similar to node-webkit, though it will run the script first, and you have to create a view/window for the user. There are some other minor differences, but it’s worth looking at. Option 2: NW.js formerly node-webkit … Read more
Yes, it is possible. What you want is a C++ web framework. You could start by looking at CppCMS—a Free High Performance Web Development Framework (not a CMS) aimed for Rapid Web Application Development. Edit: After the question has been clarified, I think Awesomium would be a good fit for your needs. You can achieve … Read more
HTML5 Apps in 2014 Frames by chrome/webkit Electron (former Atom Shell) Electron is an open source library developed by GitHub for building cross-platform desktop applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Electron accomplishes this by combining Chromium and Node.js into a single runtime and apps can be packaged for Mac, Windows, and Linux. (source) The folks … Read more
Since there seems to be some interest in this question still (judging by the views), I thought I might as well post an update. I ended up implementing an immediate-mode GUI as my master’s thesis, and have some numbers in on the performance. The gist is: It’s fine – quality of implementation dominates, not systematic … Read more
You may start with Titanium for desktop dev. Also you may have a look at Chromium Embedded Framework. It’s basically a web browser control based on chromium. It’s written in C++ so you can do all the low level OS stuff you want(Growl, tray icons, local file access, com ports, etc) in your container app, … Read more