node-webkit template demonstrates the following:
- coffeescript
- jade
- reactjs
- NeDB (used to store application settings)
See it in action (gif made by LICEcap)
- download and install Node.js (it comes with npm) http://nodejs.org/
- install grunt by:
npm install -g grunt-cli
- install bower by:
npm install -g bower
- (windows) install git for windows. Remember to select 'Run git from the windows command prompt' option when installing. http://msysgit.github.io/
To develop, do the following:
- download node-webkit binary files and put in current folder
npm install
bower install
- write code in src folder
- build by
grunt
. It'll build js/app.js and css/app.css and that's all you need. - click nw.exe to run the program.
x remove node-webkit files
- use gulp