Top "Electron" questions

Electron (formerly Atom Shell) is a framework created by GitHub that lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Find OS username in NodeJS

How would I find the username that the computer owner is using currently (while logged in), using NodeJS? I have …

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why use webpack with electron

I am experimenting with electron. I see a lot of examples that use webpack. But why use something like webpack? …

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What are the functional differences between NW.js, Brackets-Shell and Electron?

Now that TideSDK is effectively dead, I've been looking into alternative 'wrappers' to run HTML/CSS/JS applications as stand-alone …

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How to catch the event of clicking the app window's close button in Electron app

I wish to catch the event of clicking the app window's close button in Electron app. I'm trying to develope …

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How to prevent multiple instances in Electron

I do not know if this is possible but I might as well give it a chance and ask. I'm …

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How to call a JavaScript function on a web page rendered by Electron?

I'm trying to write a wrapper for Twitter using Electron (formerly Atom Shell). My main.js file (it looks almost …

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Electron - How to know when renderer window is ready

In my main process I create a renderer window: var mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ height: 600, width: 800, x: 0, y: 0, frame: false, resizable: …

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Difference between React-native and Electron

I want to build a simple read-only app which should run on Android, iOS, Windows, OSX and Linux. Does electron …

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How to call local .dll files in Electron App

i have an issue how to call sample .dll files into my Electron App. I have sample .dll files in …

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How to add folders and files to electron build using electron-builder

I am creating an electron which running react generated from create-react-app. Then i add nedbjs(a persistence database) and camojs(…

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