Build desktop applications using a smaller, lighter, cross-platform WebKit that's more customizable and designed to display web technologies like React. This is an Ultralight starter with React.
Commands you can execute inside the React app directory
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
yarn install |
Install project dependencies |
yarn build |
Builds code bundle with production settings |
yarn start |
Run a web server to serve built code bundle |
Commands you can execute inside the build
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
cmake --build . --config Release |
Build Ultralight binary without cleaning |
cmake --build . --config Release --clean-first |
Build Ultralight binary |
Before you build and run, you'll need to install the Ultralight prerequisites for your platform.
You also need to install NodeJS to work with React
Inside the app folder resides React, you need to install dependencies by executing the following commands
yarnBefore anything else you need to build the react project. You need to do this everytime you want to test the desktop application.
yarn buildSetup the Ultralight build folder, you only have to do this once by executing the following commands
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config ReleaseOnce the above is setup everytime you need to rebuild the application you need to execute the following on the build directory
cmake --build . --config Release --clean-firstNote you may need to delete the binary eg.
MyAppin this case.
Navigate to ultralight-quick-start/build and run MyApp to launch the program.
Navigate to ultralight-quick-start/build/Release and run MyApp to launch the program.
To run your React application and debug, just go to app folder and execute the
yarn startFollow the Writing Your First Ultralight App guide and other tutorials in the documentation for more info.
The React application is bootstraped with Create React App