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/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

Included libraries

• lib/std (Standard library)
• lib/system (System interface)
• lib/base64 (BASE64 encode and decode)
• lib/file (File I/O interface)
• lib/http (HTTP interface with MSXML and cURL)
• lib/json (JSON library)
• lib/registry (Windows Registry interface)
• lib/security (Windows Security Policy interface)
• lib/shell (Windows Shell (Command Prompt) interface)
• lib/powershell (Windows Powershell interface)
• lib/service (Windows Service interface)
• lib/browser (HTML5 and CSS3 compatibility layer)
• lib/uri (URI scheme interface)
• lib/winlibs (Windows DLL(Dynamic-link library) interface)
• lib/autohotkey (AutoHotkey interface)
• lib/autoit (AutoIt3/AutoItX interface)
• lib/msoffice (Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word) interface)
• lib/gtk (GTK-server and GladeXML supported GUI interface)
• lib/chrome (Chrome and Chromium-based web browser testing interface)
• lib/toolkit (WelsonJS.Toolkit native component. e.g. Virtualized Human Interface, Cryptography, ...)
• lib/pipe-ipc (PIPE-based IPC(Inter-Process Communication) implementation)
• lib/chatgpt (ChatGPT integration)
• Everything you can imagine.

Make your own sayhello example

1. Write a file lib/sayhello.js

// lib/sayhello.js
function say() {
    console.log("hello");
}

exports.say = say;

exports.VERSIONINFO = "SayHello Library (sayhello.js) version 0.1";
exports.AUTHOR = "abuse@catswords.net";   // e.g. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
exports.global = global;
exports.require = global.require;

2. Write a file sayhello.js

// 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\oss\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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Image stocks

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

Contact me

• Paid technical support on Fiverr
• abuse@catswords.net
• ActivityPub @catswords_oss@catswords.social