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BROWSER INVASION DESKTOP APPS AND THE WEB @timgthomas

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@timgthomas

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@timgthomas

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Vectra AI

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ELECTRON

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User Experience Ease of Access APIs

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Ubiquity Extensibility Existing Skills*

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ELECTRON

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ELECTRON

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$ ember init $ ember install ember-electron $ ember electron

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$ electron .

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demo

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ARCHITECTURE

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API Client

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Electron Client IPC

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const { ipcMain } = require(‘electron’);____ const { ipcRenderer } = require(‘electron’);

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// Main const { ipcMain } = require(‘electron’); ipcMain.on(‘ember-request’, evt => { evt.sender.send(‘electron-reply’, ‘yay!’); });

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// “Browser” const { ipcRenderer } = require(‘electron’); ipcRenderer.on(‘electron-reply’, reply => { console.log(‘reply received!’, reply); }); ipcRenderer.send(‘ember-request’)

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const { readdir } = require(‘fs’); ipcMain.on(‘get-files’, evt => { readdir(‘/foo’, (err, files) => { evt.sender.send(‘files’, files); }); });

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NATIVE-ISH

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NATIVE-ISH

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Menu Notification TouchBar Tray

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const { Menu } = require(‘electron’); const applicationMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([ { label: ‘Edit’, submenu: [ /* ... */ ], } ]); Menu.setApplicationMenu(applicationMenu);

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demo

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DISTRIBUTION

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$ electron-forge make $ ember electron:make

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module.exports = { make_targets: { darwin: [ ‘zip’, ], linux: [ ‘deb’, ], }, electronPackagerConfig: { appCopyright: ‘Copyright © 2018’, name: ‘<%= productName %>’, icon: ‘ember-electron/resources/icon.icns’ }, };

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module.exports = { make_targets: { darwin: [ ‘zip’, ], linux: [ ‘deb’, ], }, electronPackagerConfig: { appCopyright: ‘Copyright © 2018’, name: ‘<%= productName %>’, icon: ‘ember-electron/resources/icon.icns’ }, };

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module.exports = { make_targets: { darwin: [ ‘zip’, ], linux: [ ‘deb’, ], }, electronPackagerConfig: { appCopyright: ‘Copyright © 2018’, name: ‘<%= productName %>’, icon: ‘ember-electron/resources/icon.icns’ }, };

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// ✓ Runs on macOS or Windows____ // ✓ Public GitHub repo__________ // ✓ Uses GitHub releases________ // ✓ Has code-signed builds______ require(‘update-electron-app')();

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CONSIDERATIONS

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App Layout Visual Style OS UX

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demo

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ELECTRON electronjs.org www.electronforge.io ember-electron.js.org

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ELECTRON THANKS! @timgthomas