Build cross platform desktop apps with javascript html and css releases npm i d electronlatest electron 1130 node 12183 chromium 8704280141. Cross platform desktop application development electron node nwjs and react this is the code repository for cross platform desktop application development electron node nwjs and react published by packt it contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the book from start to finish about the book. Cross platform desktop applications guides you step by step through the development of desktop applications using electron and nwjs this example filled guide shows you how to create your own file explorer and then steps through some of the apis provided by the frameworks to work with the camera access the clipboard make a game with keyboard controls and build a twitter desktop . In this chapter well look at how nwjs and electron function internally well take a look at nwjs first to see how it combines nodejs with chromium because that was the first nodejs desktop app framework and then explore how electron took a different approach to combining those software components