electron-cpp

A simple app that demonstrates the use of Electron as Front-End and C ++ DLLs as Back-End.

Clone and run for a quick way to see Electron in action.

This is a minimal Electron application based on the Quick Start Guide within the Electron documentation.

Use this app along with the Electron API Demos app for API code examples to help you get started.

A basic Electron application needs just these files:

package.json - Points to the app's main file and lists its details and dependencies.
main.js - Starts the app and creates a browser window to render HTML. This is the app's main process.
index.html - A web page to render. This is the app's renderer process.

You can learn more about each of these components within the Quick Start Guide.

Requirements

Node.js (>= 10.x)
CMake (>= 3.15)

To Use

To clone and run this repository you'll need Git and Node.js (which comes with npm) installed on your computer. From your command line:

# Clone this repository (and its submodules)
git clone --recursive https://github.com/akab/electron-cpp.git
# Go into the repository
cd electron-cpp
# Go into submodule
cd Nodejs-Napi-Addon-Using-Cmake
# Install submodule dependencies
npm install
# Move to root
cd ..
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Run the app
npm start

To deploy the application

# Go into the repository
cd electron-cpp
# Run Make
npm run make

This will produce electron-cpp.exe in .\out\electron-cpp-win32-x64

Note: If you're using Linux Bash for Windows, see this guide or use node from the command prompt.

Based on

electron/electron-quick-start - a very basic starter Electron app
Electron App with C++ backend as Native Addon (Napi) - Electron app + Node API example
https://www.electronforge.io/ - how to deploy the application

Resources for Learning Electron

C++ addons
electronjs.org/docs - all of Electron's documentation
electronjs.org/community#boilerplates - sample starter apps created by the community
electron/electron-quick-start - a very basic starter Electron app
electron/simple-samples - small applications with ideas for taking them further
electron/electron-api-demos - an Electron app that teaches you how to use Electron
hokein/electron-sample-apps - small demo apps for the various Electron APIs

License

CC0 1.0 (Public Domain)