Shipping binary nodejs + chrome to a user system which already has these things feels bad. npm install alm -g is actually an easier install / quicker install / goes everywhere I do / allows you to run it on your own server / allows you to use it on portable devices (e.g rasberry pi) / helps you embed this editor if you want to.
But we understand the value of having a single executable running (instead of a command line server + chrome) for desktop users. Hence this package 🌹
Our main app is just a nodejs server app that serves all that is needed to a url (that you can open in chrome).
So if you want a desktop executable we can support that quite easily using electron (nodejs + chrome) by just running our node.js app and then creating a view to the url. That is all what's happening here.
Once:
- clone
- npm install
Always when you get new code:
- npm install
- npm start
https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate/blob/master/boilerplate/package.json
electron-prebuilt: Allows running electron js app without buildingelectron-packager: Builds electron js apps to executables
Instead of making actual executable packages I've just gone with sending electron-prebuilt down to the user.