Htapps

Htapps is a HTML/CSS/JS provider to ease the development of simple applications that can run as windows programs. Made in (.NET). Currently in Alpha [1.1.0]. (Discontinued) You can check CHANGELOG.MD for more informations.

Usage

To get started in the Htapps development you can clone the repository and go to /src/htapps-project/. In the folder it is possible to change the entire content of "src" and when the project is finished, just run the build command that is at the root of the project, the result will be in the output folder.
Note: The current version is a development version, in the future there will be a special CLI environment to control the build.

Features

Currently the Htapps runtime environment supports most of the modern functionality of JavaScript ES5+ and some CSS3 features. It's possible to check all the current features in the tables below:

JavaScript

Feature	Usability State	Added in version	Deprecated?
Set	Working with limitations	Alpha 2	No
window.fetch API	Working with limitations	Alpha	No
Function.prototype.bind	Working Properly	Alpha	No
ES5+ Object/Date/String Management	Working Properly	Alpha	No
document.querySelector/querySelectorAll	Working Properly	Alpha	No
AddEventListener API	Working Properly	Alpha	No
String.json	Working Properly	Alpha	No
JSON.parse/stringify	Working Properly	Alpha	No
local/sessionStorage	Working Properly	Alpha	No

CSS

Feature	Usability State	Added in version	Deprecated?
Flexbox (display: flex | -appkit-display: flex)	Working with limitations	Alpha	No

Htapps environment functions

Name	Arguments	Description
window.close	-	Finishes the application
window.setIcon	string: path	Changes the application icon
window.setTitle	string: title	Changes the application title
window.resizeScreen	int: x, int: y	Defines if resize is enabled in the application
window.lockResize	bool: lock?	Defines if resize is enabled in the application
window.minimizeScreen	-	Minimize the application screen
window.maximizeScreen	-	Maximize the application screen
window.lockMaximize	bool: lock?	Defines if maximize option is enabled in the application
window.lockMinimize	bool: lock?	Defines if minimize option is enabled in the application
window.alert	string: message?, string: title?	Shows a message box in the screen
window.console.output[]	-	Returns the current console output
window.console.log	args[string...]	Create a log instance in the console
window.console.error	args[string...]	Create an error instance in the console
use	string: [/environment/+path]	Import a script dinamically
useStyle	string: [/environment/+path]	Import a css file dinamically

TODO [v1.2+]

-> Hardcode polyfills in .NET modules to improve performance and other factors;
-> Make an object scripting API to access various features of .NET environment;
-> Make an system management API to access Windows features and management (authorized mode);
-> Decent Display Flex Support (currently working with problems);
-> Display Grid Support;
-> Make example applications to show the usage of HTAPPS;
-> External media reading support/review (.XLSX, .DOCX, .PPTX, Video/Audio types...);
-> Disable DLL output in build to promote more portability

Limitations

It doesn't support modern syntax features like arrow functions, const variables and has the reserved words: delete/return even inside complex objects.

External Libraries

https://github.com/jonathantneal/flexibility - Flexbox Support
https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird - Promises Support