This is a boilerplate for a simple desktop app. It comes with tips about common tasks for a desktop app.
Probably not? It's more of a proof of concept to see if you can run all of the features of a Vue app without the need for a bundler, since the process of bundling is pretty pointless for a desktop app (no point in shaving off 25KB when you are shipping 100MB).
Still though, there are a lot of good tips for NW.js apps in there in general, that are applicable to any desktop app, whether it is using Vue & NW.js or React & Electron.
What should I use instead?
- NW.js + Vue 3 + Vite + Pinia + Vitest + Vue-DevTools - This the newest/most robust/best option for desktop apps with Vue.
- NW-Vue-CLI-Example is basically a normal Vue-CLI project with some additional setup already added in to work as a desktop app.
The following are already set up:
- Vue.js
- Vue-Router
- Vuex
- Vue-DevTools
- Sass
- Sasslint
- ESLint
- nwjs-builder-phoenix
- VSCode intellisense for nw
- Download and install Node.js
- Download
vue-desktop-basic - Run
npm install - Run
npm start
npm run lintwill lint your.jsand.vuefiles according to the rules in.eslintrc.jsnpm run fixthis will auto-fix any linting issues thatnpm run lintfinds (not everything can be auto fixed)npm run sasswill start watching for changes in the sass folder and process the changes to the css folder.npm run sasslintwill lint your.sassand.scssfiles.npm run sassfixwill attempt to auto-fix Sass linting issues, however it may take several runs and not everything can be auto fixed
npm installnpm run build
All settings regarding the build are handled in the package.json.
If you want Vue-DevTools to be accessible in the Chromium DevTools in your app, you cannot use the minified version of Vue.js (use vue.js not vue.min.js).
All other instructions and details are inside the app.
- Add in Vue-Test-Utils