LEARN ELECTRON JS
Introduction
Electron JS is a JS framework for Desktop App Development. It is based on three basic web development tools HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Electron JS is used for making cross-platform desktop app development.
If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application.
Electron uses Chromium and Node.js so you can build your app with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Applications built with Electron JS are compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux, Electron apps build and run on three platforms.
Prerequisites to get started with Electron JS are HTML, CSS, JavaScript and some basic knowledge about Node JS such as path & url module.
Topics to cover
Basics
- Creating & configuring a new browser window
- Main process & renderer process
- Web contents
- Inter process communication
- Application menu
- Context menu
Intermediate
- Parent & Child Windows
- Acceletors(Keyboard shortcuts)
- Global Shortcuts
- Shell modules: Open a particular file/folder from pc
- Tray Module
Advanced
- CRUD operations on files
- Offscreen Rendering
- Integrating any JS framework/libary such as Angular/React JS + Electron JS
- Sending push notifications
- Native file drag & drop
Resources to learn
Click here for projects to develop desktop apps using Electron JS.
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