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I'd like to hear a little more about how this "recent technology" that she linked to helps me deploy web apps to the desktop. The http://nwjs.io/ http://nwjs.i

I'd like to hear a little more about how this "recent technology" that she linked to helps me deploy web apps to the desktop. The http://nwjs.io/ http://nwjs.io/ site certainly doesn't have much info on how it can help for this use case.

xixixao 11y ago
Just one click through and you arrive at the README: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js (the website is clearly, unfortunately, geared towards people in the know). nwjs (node-webkit formerly) is a Chromium wrapper that lets you deploy web apps as desktop apps, simple as that.
aroch 11y ago
Node-webkit was renamed to nw.js[1], if that helps ring any bells. Its a chromeless browser that you can run your node webapp in, that acts like a application. Similar to Fluid SSBs[2] of yester-year [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nwjs-general/V1FhvfaFIzQ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nwjs-general/V1Fhvfa... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_%28web_browser%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_%28web_browser%29
mohaps 11y ago
Atom/Electron stuff from github also allows you to package a HTML5 application as a native desktop app : http://electron.atom.io/ http://electron.atom.io/ kinda like cordova/phonegap for desktop