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NW.js Essentials

NW.js Essentials

By : Benoit
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NW.js Essentials

NW.js Essentials

4.8 (5)
By: Benoit

Overview of this book

If you are an experienced Node.js developer who wants to create amazing desktop applications using NW.js, this is the book for you. Prior knowledge of HTML5, jQuery, and CSS is assumed.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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The window object

A special note should be added on how the window object is handled by Node.js.

The window object

When all the initial stuff has been done, as soon as it's ready, the window object is passed to Node.js inside the global object so that you can reference it in a module as global.window or simply window. The window reference is then replaced with a new one on page navigation. Check the following example:

  • nodeModule.js:
    exports.checkWindowVar = function () {
      console.log(window.myVar);
    }
  • index.html:
    var myVar = 'Hello';
    var nodeModule = require('./nodeModule.js');
    nodeModule.checkWindowVar(); // Hello
    // Navigate to newWindow.html
    location.href = 'newWindow.html';
  • newWindow.html:
    var myVar = 'Foo';
    var nodeModule = require('./nodeModule.js');
    nodeModule.checkWindowVar(); // Foo

The preceding code will always log the last instance of myVar. However, if, instead of navigating to the new page, you open it in a new window, the reference is kept with...

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