BrowserAppBase

Windows and Linux browser-based desktop application templates.

You need a Chrome browser to run it.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'browser_app_base'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install browser_app_base

Usage

create_browser_app [options]
 -d, --dir dir_name               application directory
 -a, --app app_name               application name
 -h, --help                       command help

Create app templat

$ create_browser_app -d ~/test/ -a MyApp

add application code

$ cd ~/test/
$ vi my_app.rb

    class MyApp < AppMainBase
        def start(argv)
            super
            # add application code
        end

        def stop()
            super
            # add application code
        end
    end

ui application sample

index.html
css/index.css
js/main.js

Start application

$ cd ~/test/
$ ruby start.rb

browser setting

config/browser.json
Set the path for your Windows or Linux Chrome browser

{
    "chrome_win": "start chrome",
    "chrome_linux": "/bin/google-chrome"
}

Development

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kuwayama1971/BrowserAppBase.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.