Rclnodejs Electron demo

Introduction

This is a minimal rclnodejs demo using Electron. More information about Electron, please check with Electron documentation.

The demo includes the following files:

• package.json - Points to the app's main file and lists its details and dependencies.
• main.js - Introduces the rclnodejs native module, starts the app and creates a browser window to render HTML. This is the app's main process.
• index.html - Includes a text editor where you can input the the topic to be published. This is the app's renderer process.
• renderer.js - Communicate with main process to publish a topic and get it through a subscription.

To run the demo

Before starting, please ensure you have installed nodejs.

1. Clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/RobotWebTools/rclnodejs.git

2. Go into the demo.

cd rclnodejs/electron_demo

3. SOURCE THE ROS 2 SETUP FILE

4. Install dependencies

npm install

5. Rebuild rclnodejs for Electron

# Every time you run "npm install", run this:
./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild

6. Run the app

npm start

If it works, you can see the demo as:

Resources for Learning Electron

• electronjs.org/docs - all of Electron's documentation.
• Native Node Modules - Use a native node module.