Building Wagon on Windows

Matt DeLand's talk at the Electron Meetup at Microsoft on how to build Electron applications on Windows.

Transcript

1. Matt DeLand Co-Founder of Wagon @deland Building Wagon on Windows
2. Wagon is a modern SQL editor write queries visualize results share data & charts
3. Demo ( )
4. Haskell + React + Electron
5. Six Windows lessons 1.  VM setup 2.  Continuous integration 3.  Libraries and compilation 4.  OS specific menus and notifications 5.  Code signing 6.  Installer and updates
6. VM setup • MSDN via BizSpark • “Windows 8.1 Enterprise N with Update (x64)” • VirtualBox • Powershell or MSYS2 • Visual Studio Express 2013 (not 2015) • Vagrant it!
7. Continuous integration • AppVeyor or Jenkins • ~5 hours of config • Maybe CircleCI?
8. Libraries and compilation • New builds for external libraries • A lot of Wagon is in Haskell • So far, so good
9. OS specific menus and notifications • Keyboard shortcuts • System tray • Icons and copy • Electron++
10. Code signing • Certificate for “Microsoft Authenticode” • ~$100/yr • Click “Live Chat”
11. Installer and updates • Squirrel • NPN module: grunt-electron-installer • Shipping as .exe • Same deployment flow as Mac releases
12. Demo ( )
13. Excited? • Read wagonhq.com/blog/electron • Follow @WagonHQ • Apply jobs@wagonhq.com