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Seems like the most advanced node-webkit [1] application so far. Great to see how node.js is used for more and more crossplatform non-web apps. Cites Atwoods law here... [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

It is a Chrome Packaged App. This is nice, because it has built in auto-update. The way to do a desktop app using web technologies that feels more "real" is with node-webkit: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit We did this project in collaboration with Google, and they were great. We wouldn't have done it at all otherwise. But, I still do want to create a node-webkit app, because I think that's what users want, a normal app, not some weird hybrid thing.

Hi Marijn! Love your work, especially Eloquent JavaScript[1] which is my goto link for when people ask me "where should i start if I want to learn how to code". And CodeMirror is really an amazing piece of kit, of course. So out of curiosity, how far away do you think CodeMirror is from being usable as a real local editor - and by that I mean how far away would you be from using it instead of Emacs? It seems like it would be straightforward to embed in something like node-webkit[2]. What else then remains? [1] http://eloquentjavascript.net/ [2] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

I'm working on a windows version based on the excellent node-webkit [1]. I'm still not sure on how much effort I'll put in packaging it. [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/

How about node-webkit? https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit It's basically Chromium on top of nodejs. Then you can mix your C++ code with nodejs via addons. http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html

how do you run it behind proxy. I am not able to understand much from https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/130

Say it with me: browser crypto is bad. But if everyone really wants to build crypto apps using front-end skillsets (which I can understand, because I've done it[0]), go for it! Who says you need a browser? Use Phonegap[1], or node-webkit[2], or appjs[3], or TideSDK[4] (well, not Tide, unless you're a masochist). If you don't want/can't use Node's crypto stuff[5], use SJCL[6] or OpenPGP.js[7] (the last two are not battle-proof libraries, though, because browser crypto is bad so few serious cryptographers have bothered to review them... hopefully that will change if enough people use them outside of the browser). Voila! The convenience of the tools you know, and automatic cross-platform access, without the badness of browser crypto. 0. https://parley.co 1. http://phonegap.com/ 2. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit 3. http://appjs.com/

Yeah I remember trying to emulate ios style scrollbars before they were added to OSX. Yeah not so fun. Now if I had to make a Mac App I'd look into using https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

check out node-webkit, this is what lighttable is built on. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

I don't see why you couldn't use node-webkit https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/ instead.

This does not look like a browser. It's a gui application framework, that happens to be using javascript as the preferred programming language. A lot like https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

File I/O alone is a good enough reason for this kind of projects to exist. I've always wanted to be able to use the power of the browser for standalone, cross-platform desktop applications. I was shocked when I discovered I couldn't write a simple JS/HTML application and connect it to a local DB like SQLite without going through a server. Each browser has its own hackish way of doing something like that, but they're far from a complete solution. So far I have my eyes on node-webkit[1], which does everything I need it to do, but I welcome every option in this space. [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

Best attempt at this I've seen, looking forward to getting my hands on it. It states in the video this is a native app, but written with HTML/CSS. Would be interested to know if this was written in node-webkit (like Light Table), or if not, what? [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit