Hi Anthony, Electron OS backend (brightray) doesn't support mir yet AFAIK, although if you want to use this framework you could use a simple X server in the mean time, and then move to mir once we get support for that (I expect this to be a quick update at that point).
I've been playing a little with electron apps and snapcraft, and they can run pretty easily by using something like this [1]. However, right now it only works when installed in --devmode, but I guess we'll fix this soon. [1] https://code.launchpad.net/~3v1n0/+junk/electron-quick-start-snap Il 23/05/2016 10:33, Mark Shuttleworth ha scritto: > Hi Anthony > > You should be able to get first-class support for Electron as I know > there are a few Electron-based snaps in progress. > > I wanted to bring your mail thread into the new list > ([email protected]). > > I'm pretty sure your use case, a web-based kiosk style snap, is going to > be very common. So for now I would suggest that you work on a desktop > snap that works on plain old Ubuntu 16.04 desktop in --devmode while > other folks work out the kinks for non-X11 electron snaps. That wont > take long and then yours will fit right in :) > > Mark > > On 25/04/16 17:29, Anthony Kolodzinski wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am new to Snappy development, and have a question regarding an >> application I am developing. >> >> My requirement is to be able to run a minimal, single window GUI using >> HTML, CSS, Javascript, and to be able to run it natively using a framework >> like electron <http://electron.atom.io/>. >> >> My question is, should I attempt to build X and electron in a docker >> container, and hook that into my monitor, or use something like the QT Web >> Engine <http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-index.html> with MIR. >> >> Secondly, I have searched around, but if anybody has any resources that >> provide examples on how to accomplish this it would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks. -- Snapcraft mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/snapcraft
