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Develop desktop app using Node-webkit Node.js is built on Chrome V8 JavaScript engine. V8 is one of the fastest JavaScript engine which runs inside of your chrome browser. Node Organisation You can install node-webkit in Linux,Windows and MacOS. Here is direct link to download node-webkit package for your system. You don’t need to install it, just place it somewhere and proceed with tutorial. Windows : Download Node-webkit for Windows (32 bit) (64 bit). Linux : Download Node-webkit for Linux (32 bit) (64 bit). Mac : Download Node-webkit for MacOS (32 bit) Hello Node-webkit Program ! To get you started let’s build sample program which prints “Hello World !” on screen using node-webkit. Hope you have downloaded and extracted the node-webkit files. Package.json { "name" : "nw-demo", "main" : "index.html", "window" : { "toolbar" : true } } You don’t need to install any dependency here. Just save the file and create index.html file in same folder. index.html

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Now open up Terminal or Command prompt and switch to the directory where node-webkit installer files are present. To run above code type this : /path/to/node-webkit-installer/nw /path/to/our-project/ . Here is the output: Screenshot from 2015-01-27 16:49:08 I run the code using following command. Screenshot from 2015-01-27 16:49:32 Our application : Will develop node-webkit app with Google custom search engine. This app will allow you to search inside codeforgeek.com. Directory Structure : -- index.html -- package.json package.json { "name" : "nw-demo", "main" : "index.html", "window" : { "toolbar" : false } } index.html After running this app you will see output More about Node-webkit ! One of the great advantage of Node-webkit is you can use any node-package you want directly in your desktop app ! Yes it’s right. Now all the awesome node-package will be available for Desktop app. For more information about Node-webkit Windows,Menu’s, Events please visit Wiki of Node-webkit from Here