Good stuff Pat! Super cool, I'll try to look deeper in the next week. Re: electron ( sorry for the thread hijack ... ) I just pushed my PR that adds full platformAPI support and turns electron into a fully capable platform.
@purplecabbage risingj.com On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Darryl Pogue <dvpdin...@gmail.com> wrote: > That looks really cool! > > There's been talk for a while of creating a platform based on > Electron[1] for Cordova apps to run cross-platform on desktop. > Electron is the WebView-based packaging behind apps like Slack, > VisualStudio Code, and Atom. There have been a few attempts at making > a cordova-electron project[2][3] over the years, but they don't look > particularly well maintained. > > Are there plans to bring Coraline to other platforms (macOS in > particular, Windows should already be covered by the existing > cordova-windows platform)? Are there benefits to Coraline over > something like Electron? > > > In terms of integrating with the CLI, that should be much easier now! > You just need to provide a cordova/Api.js file in your application > template, with an API that implements the common actions (prepare, > build, etc.) for your platform. (See cordova-browser as an example[4]) > > > 1: https://electronjs.org/ > 2: https://github.com/apache/cordova-electron > 3: https://github.com/zyra/cordova-electron > 4: https://github.com/apache/cordova-browser/blob/master/ > bin/template/cordova/Api.js > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Pat Deegan > <pat.cordova...@psychogenic.com> wrote: > > > > Greets, > > > > Made a post to JIRA (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13723) but > > was advised this would be a more appropriate venue. Also, sorry if this > > is a dupe--wasn't subscribed to the list at time of original send, and > > can't see it in the archive on markmail, so I'm trying again... > > > > > > *** Cordova-Ubuntu is Dead *** > > > > To recap, I create apps using cordova and ionic. I had been using > > cordova-ubuntu for Ubuntu releases of the apps, but that's been dead for > > a while and there's nothing for us with Ubuntu 17.x. > > > > To address this, and to address the fact that cordova apps were > > restricted to *Ubuntu*, I've created Coraline: > > https://coraline.psychogenic.com/ > > > > It's basically a webkit renderer plus a plugin system so we can use the > > same codebase for iOS/Android/Win as for Linux. > > > > *** Coraline: Cordova wrapper for Linux *** > > > > Coraline is the same as cordova-ubuntu in that it renders the web-tech > > apps and gives you access to the native system through plugins, using > > the standard interfaces. > > > > It's different from cordova-ubuntu in that: > > > > * it doesn't rely on the ubuntu-sdk, of course, or Qt--it's straight > > up C++, though plugins _can_ use Qt; > > > > * in theory, it runs on any flavour of Linux; > > > > * plugins are dynamically loadable, and shared--no need to install the > > same functionality with every app (though there are facilities for > > app-specific plugins); > > > > * because of the above point, apps don't actually need to be compiled > > –you just need a directory with all the html/js/resources, massaged > > appropriately to get rid of the Node stuff. > > > > > > You can get details, and see a walk-through video, on linux deployment > > at: https://coraline.psychogenic.com/developers/deployment/ > > > > The short of it is that the ideal procedure is to create a bundle (.deb > > or .rpm, say) that includes the transpiled JS/HTML and other resources, > > along with desktop shortcuts and such. > > > > *** Plugins *** > > > > The plugins need only: > > * be dynamically loadable > > * implement the Coraline Plugin interface > > * have standard functions to actually get a handle on an instance > > > > I've got a wrapper that maps the CPlugin/Qt stuff to integrate old > > ubuntu plugins (though it requires some manual tweaking), and have > > ported a few (Device and SQLite), so we can rescue the existing > > cordova-ubuntu plugins. > > > > *** Wish List *** > > > > The reason I'm writing is that I'd like to know what it would take to > > integrate coraline app "builds" with the cordova CLI. > > > > In my ideal scenario, we'd have a new "linux" target that would allow > > creation of coraline-compatible bundles. > > > > It shouldn't take too much effort, but I'd like to both gauge interest > > and get pointers on how integration with the cordova CLI build actually > > happens. In short, I want to know what it would take to get integration > > going, and some ideas on how to do it. > > > > Any input on this, feedback on Coraline, or questions are welcome. > > > > Thanks! > > Pat Deegan > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >
