node-webkit-example

This is an example node-webkit app. It is very bare bones and could be used as a simple boilerplate to get up and running quickly. A Gulp workflow is provided for CSS/JavaScript development.

####Requirements To run this example you will need node-webkit in the root of this project folder. The easiest was to do this is to download the version that corresponds to your operating system here:
https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit#downloads

Once you have node-webkit you can run the example by running the following from your terminal at the project root folder:

nw.exe app

####Development To start making changes to the example app you need to install all Gulp dependencies. From the Gulp directory in your terminal, run the following: ```` npm install ```` Note that this Gulp workflow is using gulp-ruby-sass, so you will also need the Sass Gem installed if you dont already have it. You can alternatively use your favorite Sass compiler, but I find Ruby Sass to suite all my needs.

The following Gulp tasks have been defined and can be run from the gulp location in your terminal:

gulp	default task that compiles your css and javascript, watches for any css/javascript changes, and runs the example app
gulp build	compile and minifiy css and javascript files
gulp app	open the example app by running "nw.exe app" from gulp-shell

####Folder Structure

Root
 │
 ├── ... extracted node-webkit files (nw.exe, etc.)
 ├── [gulp]
 │    │
 │    ├── gulpfile.js
 │    ├── package.json
 │    └── [src]
 │         │
 │         ├── [js]
 │         │    │
 │         │    ├── script.js (main script file for app)
 │         │    └── ... (modules like jquery that are included in scripts.js)
 │         │
 │         └──  [scss]
 │  
 └── [app]
      │
      └── ... app files and folders (index.html, style.css, etc.)

####Resources Shane Gavin over at nodehead.com has put together a great mini-series on getting started with node-webkit. Here are links to the six videos

1. http://nodehead.com/node-webkit-introduction-16/
2. http://nodehead.com/node-webkit-custom-window-controls-26/
3. http://nodehead.com/node-webkit-the-manifest-file/
4. http://nodehead.com/node-webkit-context-and-window-menus/
5. http://nodehead.com/node-webkit-using-node-js-modules/
6. http://nodehead.com/node-webkit-wrapping-it-up/

Set of sample apps from Cheng Zhao: https://github.com/zcbenz/nw-sample-apps