Web - App Desktop

About

Web app in a desktop environment

Architecture

There is several kinds of framework :

• one that embeds a webkit based browser (chromium) that supports WebGL, WebWorkers, Audio, Video, Local Storage, etc (such as (such as Electron and node-webkit)
• another that embeds a web server (such as jetty for java) which exposes services consumed by the GUI based on a Web Desktop App (websocket, HTTP Request/response. )
• another that compiles to native binary

List

node-webkit

• https://nwjs.io/ (https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/how-to-package-and-distribute-your-apps)

Electron

See Web - Electron (jgraph example)

Phosphore

Deprecated https://phosphorjs.github.io/ - JupyterLab is made with

React Native

React native compiles to binary

Java

The following framework can create distribution file

• https://openjfx.io/ - JavaFx
• https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx - Kotlin

Style

Between Windows and Mac OS is done by adding a class on the body. (platform-win32 vs platform-darwin on Electron ?)