lsvidal / lab-ng2-nwjs

Experimentation with angular2 and nw.js

lab-ng2-nwjs

In this project I'll try to create a simple Hello World App with Angular 2 and Typescript running in NW.js and latter evolve it to a multiroute form app.

I came from a C/C++ and Java background, so I'm trying this as a personal challenge since I'm new to modern Ecmascript tools and libraries.

I grew very interested in NW.js (former Node-WebKit) and Angular as a solution to develop full blown desktop apps without the complexity of Java installation and visual API's like Swing and JavaFX. I personally consider JFX styling quite awkward.

I choose to base my buid tools around Gulp after some tests against Grunt.

Steps

1. Try node-webkit-builder. Installing globally.

Roadmap

1. Create a basic NW.js, TypeScript and Gulp build.

References

1. (https://speakerdeck.com/u/zcbenz/p/node-webkit-app-runtime-based-on-chromium-and-node-dot-js)