Electron hello world
First, install Electron via NPM:
$ npm init -y
$ npm install --save electron
Then create a web page to display in index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>Hello World!</body></html>
Then create main.js,
your app’s entry point,
which loads that web page in an Electron window:
const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron');
// Keep a global reference.
// A windows is closed when its object is GC'd!
let mainWindow;
app.on('ready', () => {
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({});
mainWindow.loadFile('index.html');
mainWindow.on('closed', () => app.quit());
});
Finally, run your app with the electron binary:
$ ./node_modules/.bin/electron .
If all goes well, you’ll get a new window which says “Hello world!”.
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