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Guides

• Application distribution
• Application packaging
• Using native node modules
• Debugging main process
• Using Selenium and WebDriver
• DevTools extension

Tutorials

• Quick start
• Desktop environment integration
• Online/offline event detection

API references

• Synopsis
• Process object
• Supported Chrome command line switches

Custom DOM elements:

• File object
• <webview> tag
• window.open function

Modules for the main process:

• app
• auto-updater
• browser-window
• content-tracing
• dialog
• global-shortcut
• ipc (main process)
• menu
• menu-item
• power-monitor
• protocol
• tray

Modules for the renderer process (web page):

• ipc (renderer)
• remote
• web-frame

Modules for both processes:

• clipboard
• crash-reporter
• native-image
• screen
• shell

Development

• Coding style
• Source code directory structure
• Technical differences to NW.js (formerly node-webkit)
• Build system overview
• Build instructions (Mac)
• Build instructions (Windows)
• Build instructions (Linux)
• Setting up symbol server in debugger