I think you're oversimplifying it. For example, in node-webkit if you can drag and drop a file into the client area, you get the full path. You're basically running a server in node and running chrome with some permissive flags set.
On Monday, February 4, 2013 6:14:43 PM UTC-8, hij1nx wrote: > > The difference is several thousand lines of code -- in fact its about > 30 lines of code, there's no special APIs, no configuration files, builds > or hacks. > > On Monday, February 4, 2013, mgutz wrote: > >> How does this compare to node-webkit or appjs? >> >> On Monday, February 4, 2013 1:04:26 PM UTC-8, hij1nx wrote: >>> >>> *node-chrome(3)* >>> A tiny module for building desktop apps. It's really simple and uses the >>> chrome runtime. >>> >>> *Here's the module.* >>> https://github.com/hij1nx/**node-chrome/<https://github.com/hij1nx/node-chrome/> >>> >>> *Here's an example.* >>> #!/usr/bin/env node >>> >>> var cn = require('../lib'); >>> >>> var opts = { >>> runtime: "/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/**Google\ >>> Chrome", >>> files: "./ui", >>> port: 8080, >>> index: "/index.html", >>> width: 1024, >>> height: 760 >>> }; >>> >>> cn(opts, function(websocket, chrome) { >>> >>> websocket.on('message', function(message) { >>> console.log(message); >>> }); >>> >>> chrome.stdout.on('data', function (data) { >>> >>> }); >>> >>> chrome.stderr.on('data', function (data) { >>> >>> }); >>> >>> chrome.on('exit', function (code) { >>> process.exit(0); >>> }); >>> }); >>> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > Paolo Fragomeni > Founder, @Oqulr > github.com/hij1nx > twitter.com/hij1nx > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
