Creating The Next

Billion Dollar Desktop

Applications With node-
webkit (a.k.a. The
Game Of Light)
by me

Franz Enzenhofer

orga viennajs

masterchief full stack optimization

ying to lxjs (lissabon js conference, best

conference ever) tomorrow

recreational coder
We need

an awesome game

+ node-webit

= Game Of Light.app
start here

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/canvas/
notearsgame/

http://strd6.com/space_demo/

then build on that

then throw everything away

the revisit it
DEMO

TIME
ad awesome game

things

things that change (i.e.: move) over time

and collide

and if something collides, something happens

and as always: code functional(ly)

Things
things that change (i.e.:
move) over time

time is an animation loop

move
and collide
and if something collides,
something happens
hacks
gradients
node webkit

make something

standalone

downloadable

app-store able

multiplattform

plus a nice icon

To-Do

Download https://github.com/rogerwang/node-
webkit
Package.json
Zip it
Behold the awesome make
it an app process
Is there more?
weaker security (<- thats a good thing)
what did i learn

i can do apps