chromium as a dekstop application container [closed]

Question

I would like to develop a desktop application but I want to use web technologies for the presentation layer. I don't want to use Adobe AIR for some reasons. So, I thought why not to include chromium with my web application installed. The final package will include a launcher which will launch a embedded jetty server and will open the included chromium bworser with the application directly. Do you think it is realizable? I'm not a fan of Firefox but, might it be a better alternative to chromium?

Answer 1

I think it's very doable... I would start with Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application. It (also) looks like the 'standard' these days. All these are using it as their desktop apps:

• Slack
• Atom (GitHub editor)
• Wordpress App
• Visual Studio Code (Powerful editor I'm using these days)
• WhatsApp (Their desktop app is using React and wrap with Electorn).

Last but not least, have a look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8oFAr1YR-0 It contain all the information you need to start and build your app.