Discover how to take your existing web development skills and learn how to create desktop applications for macOS, Windows, and Linux, using GitHub's Electron. Learn how to combine the power of Node.js and Chromium to provide a powerful development platform for creating web applications that break free from the browser.

Electron: From Beginner to Pro guides you through the capabilities that you have available to create desktop applications. Learn to use features like file system access, create native menus, OS-specific dialogs and more. The authors will show you how to package your application for distribution for multiple platforms and enable auto-updating.

What You Will Learn

• Leverage your knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Use current web applications for the desktop
  
• Create and use Electron’s main process and render process to create effective desktop applications
  
• Communicate between processes and between windows
  
• Build desktop applications that can be updated and distributed

Who This Book Is For

Web developers looking to leverage their HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills to create desktop widgets and applications.

Developers wanting to leverage existing a Web application to extend functionality with a desktop application.

发现如何利用你现有的网络开发技能，学习如何使用GitHub的Electron为macOS、Windows和Linux创建桌面应用程序。了解如何结合Node.js和Chromium的力量，提供一个强大的开发平台来创建摆脱浏览器的网络应用。

Electron: 从初学者到专业人员》指导你了解创建桌面应用程序所具备的能力。学习使用诸如文件系统访问、创建本地菜单、操作系统特定对话框等功能。作者将向你展示如何将你的应用程序打包以便在多个平台上发布，并启用自动更新功能。

你将学到什么

充分利用你的HTML、CSS和JavaScript知识

在桌面上使用当前的网络应用程序

创建并使用Electron的主进程和渲染进程来创建有效的桌面应用程序

在进程之间和窗口之间进行交流

构建可更新和分发的桌面应用程序

本书适用对象

希望利用其HTML、CSS和JavaScript技能来创建桌面小部件和应用程序的网络开发人员。

希望利用现有的Web应用来扩展桌面应用功能的开发者。