carlo-quark-fork
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Carlo is a framework for rendering Node data structures using Chrome browser, forked to include fixes for Quark project
Carlo provides Node applications with Google Chrome rendering capabilities, communicates with the locally-installed browser instance using the Puppeteer project, and implements a remote call infrastructure for communication between Node and the browser.
With Carlo, users can create hybrid applications that use Web stack for rendering and Node for capabilities:
Install Carlo
npm i carlo
# yarn add carlo
Carlo requires at least Node v7.6.0.
Example - Display local environment
Save file as example.js
const carlo = require('carlo');
(async () => {
// Launch the browser.
const app = await carlo.launch();
// Terminate Node.js process on app window closing.
app.on('exit', () => process.exit());
// Tell carlo where your web files are located.
app.serveFolder(__dirname);
// Expose 'env' function in the web environment.
await app.exposeFunction('env', _ => process.env);
// Navigate to the main page of your app.
await app.load('example.html');
})();
Save file as example.html
<script>
async function run() {
// Call the function that was exposed in Node.
const data = await env();
for (const type in data) {
const div = document.createElement('div');
div.textContent = `${type}: ${data[type]}`;
document.body.appendChild(div);
}
}
</script>
<body onload="run()">
Run your application:
node example.js
Check out systeminfo and terminal examples with richer UI and RPC-based communication between the Web and Node in the examples folder.
Check out the API to get familiar with Carlo.
Carlo uses Puppeteer project for testing. Carlo application and all Carlo windows have corresponding Puppeteer objects exposed for testing. Please refer to the API and the systeminfo project for more details.
Look at the contributing guide to get an overview of Carlo's development.
The pkg project can be used to package a Node app as a Desktop app. Carlo does not provide branding configurability such as application icons or customizable menus, instead, Carlo focuses on productivity and Web/Node interoperability. Check out the systeminfo example and call pkg package.json to see how it works.
Carlo prints an error message when Chrome can not be located.
Chrome Stable channel, versions 70.* are supported.
FAQs
Carlo is a framework for rendering Node data structures using Chrome browser, forked to include fixes for Quark project
The npm package carlo-quark-fork receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, carlo-quark-fork popularity was classified as not popular.
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