MESA

MESA stands for Material, Electron, SQLite, Angular2

This is your go to template for creating Electron apps with a Material UI. Included is a basic demo using angular and electron. It uses ngrx to manage state.

Install dependencies and build project

$ npm install
$ npm run build

Run the demo

In one terminal, run the following to build when changes are made to the source:

$ npm run watch

In another terminal, run the following to actually see the electron app:

$ npm run electron

About the demo

The demo app is a basic notetaking application with persistance. You can type in a note and save it, and it will be loaded back in at the beginning of the next session. It's extremely basic, but it illustrates how to use Angular2, Electron, and SQLite to build a desktop application.

Packaging

The app has support for packaging using 'electron-packager'

$ npm run package

Will run the package for OSX. You can also provide additional options to the package command such as

• --name : The package name
• --all : Will packaget the application to all the platforms
• --arch : Arches to be provided
• --icon : The icon for the app

License

This project is based on angular-electron MIT