Lessons: 6Length: 22 minutes
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1.1 Introduction
Creating desktop apps is now easier than ever before. NW.js gives you the ability to take any web app and turn it into a desktop app with just a few steps. In this course, you'll learn how to take an existing web-based task manager app, and turn it into a Mac desktop app using NW.js. Let's get started!
1.Introduction
1.1Introduction00:51
2.Creating a Desktop App
2.1Package Your App03:38
2.2Edit the Manifest04:48
2.3Add a Custom Name and Icon05:30
2.4Add App Menus04:35
3.Conclusion
3.1Wrapping Up02:26
1.1 Introduction
In the past, if you wanted to create desktop software for the Mac or any other platform you had to create some pretty hardcore coding skills. But now, if you have web development skills, creating desktop software is fully accessible to you. And the reason is, it's now possible to take a web app and turn it into a desktop app with just a few steps. In this course we're gonna be taking a web app that we created in a previous course and this is gonna be a Task Manager app. And we're gonna use NWJS to turn that web app into a fully functioning Mac desktop app. Now once you see how straightforward these steps are, and how quickly you can move through them, this is gonna open up a whole new world of opportunities for you. So let's jump right in and learn how to convert a web app to Mac app using NWJS.
