https://github.com/bernhard-42/node-cocoa-ui

An attempt to build native Cocoa UIs with node and NodObjC
https://github.com/bernhard-42/node-cocoa-ui

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An attempt to build native Cocoa UIs with node and NodObjC

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bernhard-42/node-cocoa-ui
• Owner: bernhard-42
• Created: 2015-10-11T19:38:06.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-10-11T21:38:30.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-07T18:02:28.796Z (6 months ago)
• Language: CoffeeScript
• Size: 629 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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## An attempt to build native Cocoa UIs with NodObjC

###Issue:

Cocoa Event loop and node event loop do not play together too well ...

###Different apporach:

Split Cocoa part and node code into two processes via child_process and use an RPC mechanism to communicate between both: 

- The Cocoa part will run in node controlled by Cocoa event loop and use AsyncSocketFramework for communication

- The node part will run in node event loop and use net.Socket for communication

Find examples in `example`:

    cd example

    coffee simple-app.coffee

    coffee app.coffee

###Test app:

    cd examples

    ../bin/createStandaloneApp.sh TestApp com.example.cocoaui CocoaUiDemo.icns app.coffee ui.coffee

and double click `TestApp`

###To debug ignore building an application and call

  cd examples

  DEBUG=cocoa-ui* coffee app.coffee

### Known issue:

- If client or server crashes, the other process might survive. Use `kill` to kill it