NW.js: Taking Node to Native

Kamilla Khabibrakhmanova

Software Engineer @ GlamSquad

Why Native?

• Direct access to users' OS
• Faster
• No need for browser support
• Greater interface control
• No same origin policy
• Remote server is not necessary

But......

User needs to install the native app onto their machine

Why Native?

What Is NW.JS?

• Formerly known as node-webkit
• Web runtime based on Chromium and Node.js 
• Chromium is a Google-led open source browser project based on a fork from WebKit and powers browsers such as Chrome and Opera
• Lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM
• Combines the event processing of Node and Webkit into a single message loop
• Article with more info