welsonjs

WelsonJS - Build a Windows app on the Windows built-in JavaScript engine.

Now, You can build an Windows desktop app with JavaScript, TypeScript, ReScript, and HTML/CSS on Windows built-in ECMAScript engine.

WelsonJS = Windows + Electron-like + Javascript(JS) + Your contribution

Dual license notice: The default license for this project is GPL 3.0. However, if the GPL 3.0 license is not compatible with Microsoft products, it is subject to the MS-RL license.

I presented this project in the open-source contest in the Republic of Korea in November 2023.

Structure

Specifications

• Built-in transpilers: TypeScript, Rescript, CoffeeScript 2, LiveScript
• Ready to use on Windows machine immediately. No require additional software installation.
• ES5(ECMAScript 5), XML, JSON, YAML compatibility
  • github.com/zloirock/core-js
  • github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js (aka. JSON2.js)
  • github.com/nodeca/js-yaml
• HTML5, CSS3 compatibility
  • github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv
  • github.com/parndt/jquery-html5-placeholder-shim
  • github.com/scottjehl/Respond
  • github.com/keithclark/selectivizr
  • github.com/arv/ExplorerCanvas
  • github.com/etianen/html5media
  • github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr
• Default CSS Framework
  • github.com/jslegers/cascadeframework
• WYSIWYG HTML Editor
  • github.com/summernote/summernote
• Included libraries
  • jQuery
  • jQuery UI
  • github.com/kamranahmedse/jquery-toast-plugin
  • github.com/hiddentao/squel
  • github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender
• Includes binaries
• module.exports, CommonJS, UMD compatibility
• NPM compatibility
• gRPC protocol support (New feature in 2023) see video demo

Included libraries

• lib/std (Standard library)
• lib/system (System library)
• lib/base64 (BASE64 Encode and Decode)
• lib/db (Database interface)
• lib/file (File I/O interface)
• lib/http (HTTP interface)
• lib/json (JSON Encode and Decode)
• lib/registry (Windows Registry interface)
• lib/security (Security Policy interface)
• lib/sendmail (Sendmail interface with 3rdparty)
• lib/shell (Command Prompt interface)
• lib/timer (setTimeout polyfills)
• lib/powershell (Windows Powershell interface)
• lib/service (Windows Service interface)
• lib/oldbrowser (ES5/ES6, HTML/JS/CSS compatibility)
• lib/uri (URI scheme interface)
• lib/winlibs (Windows DLL(Dynamic-link library) interface)
• lib/autohotkey (AutoHotkey interface)
• lib/autoit (AutoIt3/AutoItX interface)
• lib/shadowsocks (Shadowsocks interface)
• lib/excel (Microsoft Excel interface)
• lib/vbscript (VBScript interface)
• lib/wintap (Windows-TAP interface)
• lib/tun2socks (TUN2SOCKS interface)
• lib/hosts (Hosts file interface)
• lib/gtk (GTK/GladeXML server GUI interface)
• lib/chrome (Chrome Web Browser Debugging interface)
• lib/toolkit (WelsonJS.Toolkit native component)
• lib/pipe-ipc (PIPE-based IPC(Inter-Process Communication) implementation)

Make your own sayhello example

1. Write a file lib/sayhello.js

exports.VERSIONINFO = "SayHello Library (sayhello.js) version 0.1
exports.global = global;
exports.require = global.require;

exports.say = function() {
    console.log("hello");
}

2. Write a file sayhello.js

var SayHello = require("lib/sayhello");

function main() {
    console.log("calling say()");
    SayHello.say();
    console.log("ended say()");
}

exports.main = main;

3. Execute file on the command prompt

C:\Users\John\Documents\GitHub\welsonjs> cscript app.js sayhello
calling say()
hello
ended say()

How to make your own setup file

• Please check setup.iss file it could be compile with Inno Setup

Screenshots

Thanks!

• https://www.facebook.com/javascript4u/posts/1484014618472735
• https://python5.com/q/xtbsqjxb

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• gnh1201/wsh-json - JSON stringify/parse (encode/decode) for Windows Scripting Host
• redskyit/wsh-appjs - require-js and app framework for Windows Scripting Host JavaScript
• JohnLaTwC's gist - JavaScript RAT
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• johnjohnsp1/WindowsScriptHostExtension - Inject DLL Prototype using Microsoft.Windows.ACTCTX COM Object
• kuntashov/jsunit - JSUnit port for Windows Scripting Host
• nickdoth/WSHHttpServer - HTTP server based on Windows Script Host

Image stocks

• 7418_blocks_color_modules_rgb_square_icon (Icon File) - Sergio Sanchesz Lopez, Futurosoft

Contact me

If you have any inquiries regarding this project or if you are interested in becoming a partner, please don't hesitate to contact us. Particularly, for those using this project for website quality improvement automation, technical support will be exclusively available to partners.

• abuse@catswords.net
• ActivityPub @catswords_oss@catswords.social