OK, here's what:
I don't want to write an OSX app in node.js - the app is almost complete and 100% in Objective-C/Cocoa
I don't want to bridge Objective-C and node.js
I want to be able to execute a js/node.js script, regardless of whether the user has already pre-installed the node.js binary
So, is there any known way? What would you suggest?
I found a couple resources that look as though they have had success embedding node in a Mac App. I haven't tried them yet, but they look promising.
How to add NodeJS and node_modules to a Mac App
https://ind.ie/labs/blog/gracefully-running-node-as-an-nstask-in-cocoa/
Have a look at zeit/pkg: Package your Node.js project into an executable.
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My requirement is using Javascript I need to check whether xyz.msi/xyz.pkg application is installed or not in windows & mac system.
But I could not find any solution so I am trying through NodeJS. I have the following doubts
Will NodeJS help me to achieve above requirement?
Is there any way to get list of installed application using nodeJS
or by passing particular application name can I get information about that application using NodeJS.
If anyone has ideas, Please kindly share it.
tips：
I'm not sure javascript but node.js.
when you exec your project in node.js, you've has operate permission to do anything on your platform of os.
you can use child_process of node.js to exec shell on your pro and watch stdout to check if you have installed.
What type of server/service type supports Node.JS applications?
Is we need to install node/npm on server.
Does it need to be a dedicated server?
Thank you in advance.
I don't think you need anything special, even a random Raspberry PI with linux can host NodeJS app.
Since node.js have executable on Linux, Windows and Mac, the hardware will not be limited by what can run node.js, but by what your script need, and the workload you expect.
If you run a basic website with little trafic, a RPi will be enought, if you were to port Facebook or Google to node.js, you would still need complete dataserver.
So the only limit is third party utilities and your own knowledge of the platform you use.
Node.js Application can be hosted on Linux,Windows or any other O.S. And for node.js Application there is basic minimum setup is required. like Node.js , git bash, npm etc.
you can follow this link
Please note that I'm looking to create a webapp, not an executable or native application.
I have created a node.js application using express, react, and webpack. I'd like to be able to package and deploy the website and have it run on other computers (no internet connection) but still in a browser. Just by opening an index.html file in Chrome or something similar without having node installed or running any local servers. Just open the index in Chrome and away it goes. Is this possible? How can I go about doing so?
The requirements are interesting, but it might be difficult to run node.js if they don't have it installed. Definitely sounds like something you want to package, maybe in a self-containing binary.
Take a look at Electron. It powers Atom and supports node.js. Also comes with a bundled Chromium browser.
I'm new to node, but so many client-side open source projects use it that I am assuming there is a way to compile a node project to be compressed into one minified file that is ready for client-side usage. The open source project I'm building is using node for it's nice module and testing support, but all of the code is meant to be run on the client.
I've seen projects like this: https://github.com/mape/connect-assetmanager
But what I'm not sure of, is whether node-specific constructs like export and module are removed or supported, so that there aren't problems on the client side?
You should look at http://requirejs.org/
It replaces and extends require for both node (server-side) and browser side. It also supports merge and minification
Just came across this:
https://github.com/substack/node-browserify
Awesome project!!
You are incorrect. Node is server-side only. Perhaps you have a bit of a misunderstanding what Node is and isn't.
Nodejs is basically the Google Chrome V8 Javascript engine, packages as an executable that can run on a console. Javascript code written for node could run on the client though, but it's not as simple as you may think.
What functionality that you currently have on the server do you want to run on the client? Are you just looking for a minifier like yui compressor?
I wonder if all Heroku addons - that are currently working for Rails - will work for Node.js once the support is there?
And what is the ETA for the launch of Node.js support?
Node.js is now officially supported on Heroku.
Several addons currently require specific ruby gems to be installed so I think Node.js will have its own separate set of addons.
As for launch, to my knowledge there is no ETA yet.
Whether or not an addon will work with node is going to specific to the addon itself, probably whether the addon requires a Ruby lib to work.
I'm currently using Loggly, RedisToGo, Mongolab, and RabbitMQ via Addons all with node.
It is supported by CEDAR stack on heroku
All you have to do is put into .gitignore node_modules directory and create Procfile eg.
web: node web.js
This is just a command to startup your application.
Important thing is that you should layout your app as node_module i wrote a blog post about it
http://no-fucking-idea.com/blog/2012/04/23/building-node-dot-js-module-using-npm/
So you can look it up.
url explaining how to deploy is here:
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/nodejs
Have fun!