electron-express - Electron + Express + WebSocket + msgpack (Sample Application)

1. Download the repository:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/kawanet/electron-express.git
cd electron-express
npm install && (cd build && npm install)
npm run

2. Run with a traditional Node.js application:

./server.js --port=3000 &
open http://127.0.0.1:3000/home/

3. Run with Electron on the fly:

./build/node_modules/.bin/electron ./main.js &

4. Build as a macOS application:

./build/node_modules/.bin/electron -v
./build/node_modules/.bin/electron-packager . --overwrite --platform=darwin --arch=x64 \
 --out=build --ignore=tmp/ --ignore=build/ --ignore=test/ --ignore=.idea/ --version=1.4.0
hdiutil create -srcfolder build/electron-express-darwin-x64/ build/electron-express-darwin-x64.dmg

5. Prepare for building a Windows application:

brew cask install xquartz
brew install wine

6. Build as a Windows application:

./build/node_modules/.bin/electron-packager . --overwrite --platform=win32 --arch=x64 \
 --out=build --ignore=tmp/ --ignore=build/ --ignore=test/ --ignore=.idea/ --version=1.4.0
cd build && zip -yDr electron-express-win32-x64.zip electron-express-win32-x64

SEE ALSO

Qiita

• http://qiita.com/kawanet/items/02ecf28f683e8972760d

GitHub

• https://github.com/kawanet/electron-express

LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Yusuke Kawasaki

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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