electron-edge-js

.NET and Node.js in-process on Electron

This is a fork of edge-js adapted to support Electron.

Compatible with

• Electron 1.6.x - Node.js v7.4.0.
• Electron 1.7.x - Node.js v7.9.0.
• Electron 1.8.x - Node.js v8.2.1.
• Electron 2.0.x - Node.js v8.9.3.
• Electron 3.0.x - Node.js v10.2.0.
• Electron 4.0.4+ - Node.js v10.11.0.

Usage is the same as edge or edge-js, replace require('edge') or require('edge-js') with require('electron-edge-js'):

npm install electron-edge-js

-var edge = require('edge-js');
+var edge = require('electron-edge-js');

var helloWorld = edge.func(function () {/*
    async (input) => {
        return ".NET Welcomes " + input.ToString();
    }
*/});

Why use electron-edge-js?

Electron is built using specific version of Node.js. In order to use edge in Electron project you would need to recompile it using the same Node.js version.

electron-edge-js comes precompiled with correct Node.js versions.

Differences from electron-edge

• Uses same codebase as edge-js that comes with both latest code changes from edge project and additional fixes and improvements available in edge-js project.
• Supports majority of Electron versions.

Quick start

Simple app that shows how to work with .NET Core and .NET Standard using compiled C# libraries. https://github.com/agracio/electron-edge-js-quick-start