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Electron Jquery Mobile App with Express and SocketIO

Main Goals:

• Desktop standalone and mobile networked app
• Works as a Server Hosted App.
• Send/Receive text communication between different app instances

Intended user:

• local intranet or ad-hoc networks
• servers hosted on mobile devices with NodeJs server
• 1-8 Clients who turn off application when not using it
• absolutely trusted private networks

Key Features:

• Focuses on Electron page loading and modals
• Express instant messaging
• Date specific app events
• modular json db
• themes and keyboard shortcuts
• New: NAB English/ Vulgate Latin languages

NPM

NPM Dependencies

# download and install dependencies
npm install

# start the app
npm start

package.json

{
    "main": "main.js",
    "scripts": {
        "start": "electron ."
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "electron": "^2.0.0"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "express": "^4.16.3",
        "jquery": "^1.11.1",
        "popper.js": "^1.14.4",
        "socket.io": "^2.1.1"
    }
}

Build as an executable

If you want to build this app into a standalone executable, use electron-packager

## Globally install electron-packager

npm install -g electron-packager

## Linux install workaround/fix
##      sudo npm install electron -g --unsafe-perm=true --verbose --allow-root


## perform the packager on my desired Electron App directory.

electron-packager .