Monday, October 27, 2014; 1:14:49 PM Eastern
What's the best desktop node.js shell?
- I have a node.js app that could easily run on the desktop using the local file system, as well as running on a server.
- I want to package it up so it's super simple for a regular user to install and run it. No installing of runtimes. Just download an app, double-click, and start editing, and configuring via web forms. It can't run in the browser, because it has to access the local file system.
- So I'm looking into using either atom-shell or node-webkit.
- If either of them had a simple Hello World app that I could run and start working with right away, without having to wade through docs by trial and error, I probably would go with that one first.
- I'm looking for advice from the people who read my blog who have used one or both of these toolkits. The result will be a new capability for the open web. So you're helping a good cause. ;-)