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Build a desktop application with Electron

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Overview

Electron is a framework that makes it easy to create cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Electron and open-source tools give you everything you need to create a compelling desktop app--native user interface elements like menus and dialogs, installers, auto-updates, and more.
This course will teach you the core concepts of Electron so that you can leverage it to create your own desktop application for macOS and Windows.
We'll go over:
Creating user interfaces in Electron (both HTML based and native)
Understanding Electron's multi-process architecture
Shipping your app to users

Syllabus

Create a "Hello World" app using Electron
Load JavaScript in an Electron BrowserWindow
Load CSS in a Electron BrowserWindow
Create a native desktop system menu with the Electron Menu module
Display native desktop dialog windows with Electron
Save/Open a file with an Electron dialog window
Understand Electron’s main and renderer process architecture
Communicate between Electron processes using IPC
Communicate between Electron processes using the remote module
Create an icon for your Electron app
Package your Electron application into a executable file with electron-builder
Code sign your Electron application with electron-builder
Ship updates to your Electron app with `autoUpdater` (Mac)
Ship updates to your Electron app with `autoUpdater` (Windows)

Taught by

Cameron Nokes

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