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Application auto building scripts for Linux Windows and OSX
Web2Exectable is a friendly commandline and GUI application that helps you build your NW.js app cross-platform.
You can usenode-webkit-builder to automate this process.
Structure of files for autobuild cross-platform app:
my-app/├── Resources/│ ├── package.json│ ├── index.html│ ├── build.sh│ ├── build.bat│ └── build.command├── build/│ ├── linux│ ├── win32│ └── osxIn Linux we can "install" node-webkit in: /opt/node-webkit
##build.sh for Linux:
#zip all files to nw archivezip -r my-app.nw ./*#copy nw.pak from current build node-webkitcp /opt/node-webkit/nw.pak ./nw.pak#compilation to executable formcat /opt/node-webkit/nw ./my-app.nw > ../build/linux/my-app && chmod +x ../build/linux/my-app#move nw.pak to build foldermv ./nw.pak ../build/linux/nw.pak#remove my-app.nwrm ./my-app.nw#run application../build/linux/my-appIn Windows we can "install" node-webkit in: c:\node-webkit
In Windows we must use for example 7-zip [http://www.7-zip.org/] batch file - in this system we cannot make zip archive from native console...
##build.bat for Windows:
rem zip all files without git to zip archive -2 compression methods - fast (-mx0) or strong (-mx9)7z.exe a -tzip my-app.nw * -xr!?git\* -mx0rem copy nw.pak from current build node-webkit to current (%~dp0) foldercopy c:\node-webkit\nw.pak nw.pakrem copy icudt.dll from current build node-webkitcopy c:\node-webkit\icudt.dll icudt.dllrem compilation to executable formcopy /b c:\node-webkit\nw.exe+%~dp0my-app.nw ..\build\win32\my-app.exerem move nw.pak to build foldercopy nw.pak ..\build\win32\nw.pakdel nw.pakrem move icudt.dll to build foldercopy icudt.dll ..\build\win32\icudt.dlldel icudt.dllrem remove my-app.nwdel my-app.nwrem run application..\build\win32\my-app.exe
If you want to create a proper .dmg file for OSX, you will need a an OSX environment to create the package. Thesecannot be built on Windows or Linux!
You can either hijack a friend's Mac, or run virtualize OSX on VirtualBox or VMWare
Example OSX compatible shell script that SCP's node-webkit-builder's output to an OSX machine and builds a .dmg usingcreate-dmg.Copies output script back to the remote host where you ran node-webkit-builder.
build-osx.sh
# cleanup old input and output dir and rebuild them.rm -rf ./inputmkdir inputrm -rf ./outputmkdir output#copy over files from remote host to build on this machinescp -r myuser@nodewebkitbuilderhost:/var/www/my-app/build/osx ./input#make sure all relevant execute permissions are set properly, or the app will not start.chmod +x ./input/myapp/myapp.appchmod +x ./input/myapp/myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs chmod +x ./input/myapp/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/nwjs\ Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs\ Helper chmod +x ./input/myapp/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/nwjs\ Helper\ NP.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs\ Helper\ NP chmod +x ./input/myapp/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/nwjs\ Helper\ EH.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs\ Helper\ EH chmod +x ./input/myapp/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/nwjs\ Framework.framework/nwjs\ Framework #run create-dmg from parent directory. Adjust this location when needed.../create-dmg/create-dmg \--volname "My App Installer" \--window-pos 200 120 \--window-size 800 400 \--icon-size 100 \--icon myapp.app 200 190 \--hide-extension myapp.app \--app-drop-link 600 185 \output/myapp.dmg \input/myapp/#copy back results to node-webkit-builder hostscp ./output/myapp.dmg myuser@nodewebkitbuilderhost:/var/www/my-app/build/