Hi! I've recently seen more software packages like the newest version of PgAdmin 4, which opens in the browser instead of a standalone app:https://vimeo.com/433850138I'm wondering how these people do this; I'm confused about the whole system that makes this happen. If I wanted to do the same thing a Node application, having built a local offline desktop tool whose interface is made with Node/React, how would I publish a similar tool where the user opens the application like any other apps except it opens a local web server?With my limited knowledge, this is weirdly reminiscent of a Docker container. This is because, while the package is not small, once installed it can run in a vast variety of environments. It's not like PgAdmin 4 requires a specific set of system packages to be installed in the environment (which is what something like "node index.js" would require). And I feel like this is a pretty powerful way to deploy offline bespoke software tools for people like me, whose only experience is on web application development.I'm sorry if this is not entirely related to Node; I'm posting here because, if I were to make such a thing, I would do it with Node since that's mainly all I've used and I'd like to know specific details to make it happen.Thank you!
Submitted June 30, 2020 at 04:43AM by chankeam
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