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What is Node NW?
NW.js is an app runtime based on Chromium and node.js . You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with NW.js. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies. It was created in the Intel Open Source Technology Center.
NW.js (previously known as node-webkit) lets you call all Node.js modules directly from DOM and enables a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.

Features:

  • Apps written in modern HTML5, CSS3, JS and WebGL.
  • Complete support for Node.js APIs and all its third party modules.
  • Good performance: Node and WebKit run in the same thread: Function calls are made straightforward; objects are in the same heap and can just reference each other;
  • Easy to package and distribute apps.
  • Available on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

nw.js is an app runtime based on Chromium and io.js. For building desktop applications that will run on OSX, Windows and Linux.

NPM Install Commands
npm install nw

For Global Installation
npm install nw -g

Small Example For Getting Started

Step 1 : Create package.json:

{
  "name": "helloworld",
  "main": "index.html"
}

Note:
package.json is the manifest file in your app. It is written in JSON format.

Step 2 : Create index.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Hello World!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
  </body>
</html>
This is the normal HTML file. You can use any web technologies supported by latest browsers.

Step 3 : Run your app

cd /path/to/your/app
/path/to/nw .
/path/to/nw is the binary file of NW.js. On Windows, it’s nw.exe; On Linux, it’s nw; On Mac, it’s  nwjs.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs.

 

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References

https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js
posted Nov 28, 2016 by Manish Tiwari

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