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Stepping into the software development world is important for every growing business. However, it’s also essential to choose the right backend web development based on the objectives and goals you have established.
One of the technologies widely in use today is Node.js development as modern application development. In recent years, it has been adopted by many companies to develop backend web applications.
The Electron library is easy to use for native desktop applications with the knowledge of web technologies. If you're new to Electron and need an introduction, check out this article.
In this article, we are going to create a native file explorer with the ability to view multiple folders or files at once. We will be using TypeScript on top of the Electron library.
We can start with a template project from this github repository.Just clone the project and run the following commands:
Developing apps using web technologies has certain advantages. For example, you can use various platforms to run the software of your choice, such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. However, developing with web technologies also comes with limitations, like the interoperability with an operating system is restricted and web apps can only be accessed through the browser. Whereas for desktop apps, you can access the features of the operating system directly. You can quickly add to a start menu or the dock, and they run inside their own process. What if you can get a†ll the benefits of a desktop app while using a web tool of your choice? With Electron, you can.
Electron is a JavaScript wrapper around a Chromium web browser. An Electron program consists of two independent JavaScript threads. An outer thread that runs within Node and has access to Node’s operating system libraries, such as File System and Process libraries. Then, there is a JavaScript thread that runs within the browser window. This thread has the usual restrictions of web applications. The outer thread and the browser thread can communicate via inter-process communication (IPC) functions provided by Electron.