diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6a38e305..210f20ba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AppJS is an SDK to develop desktop applications using Node.js melded with Chromi * mature http/https servers and client APIs - Node * filesystem, dns, cryptography, subprocesses, OS APIs - Node * sandboxed code execution environements virtual machines - Node -* tools for exposing native C++ bindings to JavaScript--APIs for authoring and the tools for compiling - Node +* tools for exposing native C++ bindings to JavaScript- Node --- @@ -14,18 +14,22 @@ AppJS is an SDK to develop desktop applications using Node.js melded with Chromi * __Mailing List: [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/appjs-dev)__ * __IRC: #appjs at irc.freenode.net__ ---- - -__AppJS is under heavy development. Expect many API changes and things to break.__ - ## 30 Second Quickstart The below packages include everything needed to get started with AppJS, including Node.js, all dependencies, binaries, and a launcher ready to go out of the box. 1.) Extract to a folder. 2.) Double click on launch. 3.) Hello World. -__AppJS 0.0.17 Distributables:__ +__AppJS 0.0.18 Distributables:__ + +* Linux [32 bit](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.18/appjs-0.0.18-linux-ia32.tar.gz) / [64 bit](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.18/appjs-0.0.18-linux-x64.tar.gz) -> app.sh +* [Mac](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.18/appjs-0.0.18-darwin-ia32.zip) -> app.sh +* [Windows](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.18/appjs-0.0.18-win32-ia32.zip) -> app.exe + +__npm install__ +AppJS can be now be installed via npm. + + npm install appjs + +__AppJS requires 32bit Node on OS X__. It works on 64bit OS X but __Node must be 32bit__. We're working on solving this, but it's a limitation of Chrome itself so it's a work in progress. -* Linux [32 bit](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.17/appjs-0.0.17-linux-ia32.tar.gz) / [64 bit](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.17/appjs-0.0.17-linux-x64.tar.gz) -> app.sh -* [Mac](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.17/appjs-0.0.17-darwin-ia32.zip) -> app.sh -* [Windows](http://dists.appjs.org/0.0.17/appjs-0.0.17-win32-ia32.zip) -> app.exe (Windows requires [MSVC++ 2010 runtimes](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555)) @@ -72,29 +76,9 @@ window.on('close', function(){ -## Node Install -__Due to the complex dependencies of AppJS, installation via npm is difficult and error prone.__ - -* First you need [Node 0.8+](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation) installed. -* Then use npm to install [node-gyp](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp): `npm install node-gyp`. -* Finally, install appjs: `npm install appjs`. - -Currently the binaries require Node for the following architectures: - -* Linux - 64 bit -* Mac - 32 bit -* Windows - 32 bit - -## Platform build requirements: - -* __Mac OS X__: Currently 32bit node only, `$ node -e "console.log(process.arch)"` -> __ia32__ -* __Linux__: `sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev` -* __Windows__: Windows SDK, DirectX SDK, and Visual C++ 2010 - - ## License -( The MIT License ) +The MIT License -Copyright (c) 2012 Morteza Milani and other AppJS contributors +Copyright (c) 2012 The AppJS Authors See the LICENSE file for details.