Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Manuel Rauber @manuelrauber Software Architect 

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• Lightweight service-based architecture • Functional services with dedicated interfaces • Use other services, like database or file system • (JSON-based) Web APIs • Application push services via WebSocket • SignalR • Socket.io Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Architecture HTTP HTTPS WebSocket Service A Service B Service C Web APIs (ASP.NET, Node.js, …) HTML5-Application (Single-Page Application) Web Cordova Electron 

Overview • Client- & Server-side framework • MV* architecture • Components, Views, View Models • Modules, Services, dependency injection • Data binding, routing, HTTP, animations • First class IDE support • JetBrains WebStorm • Visual Studio Code • Build tooling with Angular CLI • Ahead-of-Time compilation • Tree Shaking Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Angular 

• Native application shell with integrated web browser • Android: Android specific browser / CrossWalk • iOS: UiWebView / WkWebView • Windows Mobile: Internet Explorer / Edge • HTML5 app is hosted within an integrated web browser • Provides access to the underlying native platforms via plugins • Native SDKs to build the apps are needed Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Cordova 

Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Cordova - Architecture Cordova Application Single-Page Application HTML JS CSS Assets Cordova Plugins Geolocation Notifications Media Camera Custom Plugins HTML Rendering Engine (WebView) Cordova Native APIs Cordova APIs HTML APIs Mobile OS Android iOS Windows 10 UWP and more… OS APIs OS APIs 

• Allows creating real desktop applications (.exe, .app) • Combines a full-blown Chromium browser with Node.js • Does not rely on the target machine’s installed browsers • No need to install native SDKs for building • Access native platform APIs • Electron API • Node.js modules • Advanced features like auto updates & crash reporter Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Electron 

Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Electron - Architecture Desktop OS Electron Renderer Process (technically Chromium) Electron Main Process (technically Node.js) macOS Windows Linux Single-Page Application Electron API Custom Node.js modules IPC Remote Node.js 

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A glance across the border • Basic idea: Remove the App Stores! • Bring native experience directly to the browser • Platform push services • Offline • Installable • Initiate led by Google since 2015 • PWA is not a technology but a collection of features • Backwards compatible Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Progressive Web Apps 

• Modern applications need a modern architecture • Web Technology Stack to achieve “real cross-platform” • Cordova & Electron for native platform integrations • Build tooling supports daily development and production workflow • Progressive Web Apps show an interesting future Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Summary 

• Angular: https://angular.io • Apache Cordova: https://cordova.apache.org/ • Electron: http://electron.atom.io/ • Gulp: http://gulpjs.com/ • Webpack: https://webpack.github.io/ • Rollup: http://rollupjs.org/ • Angular CLI: https://cli.angular.io/ • PWA: https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/ Creating real cross-platform applications Angular, Cordova & Electron Resources 

Thank you! Questions? Repository Manuel Rauber @manuelrauber Software Architect https://github.com/thinktecture/hamburg-angularjs-meetup-cross-platform