elmsln / HAXdesktop

Desktop based version of HAXcms running in a local app

About

This is an Electron platform that integrates with HAX editor. It includes the unbundled-webcomponents repository.

Installation

Before running the application. You have to install the appropriate modules in different folders first.

1. Run npm install at the root folder of this repo (HAXdesktop)
2. Run cd app/unbundled-webcomponents, the "unbundled-webcomponents" is the folder that has the build tools that will build the HAXeditor
3. Run yarn install
4. Run yarn run build, this will initialize the HAXeditor. The build for the HAXeditor is located in app/unbundled-webcomponents/app/dist

Running the application

At this point, the necessary boilet plate assets should be initialized. You can go back to the HAXdesktop folder to start the app

1. Run cd ../../ to get back to the root folder
2. Run npm start to start the electron app

Packaging and Distribution

This Electron project uses electron-forge for packaging and distributions. Check out their documentation for more configuration options. All packaged distributions will be located in the out folder at the root directory

Packaging

1. Run npm run package at the root folder, a packaged application that's specific to your current platform will be in the out folder

Distributions

1. Run npm run make at the root folder, this will created different distributions of the application for different platforms in the out/make folder. This is configurable, check out electron-forge for further details.