What i need is one file that installs my app and mysql database. I don't want that my end-users have to install it by hand.
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I'm looking for a the golden advice.
I've created an app that listens to websockets over a certain port and then sends commands to a native module (wrapped by NodeJS). now all this is done in NodeJS app. and packed in exe file (with two extra files for the native module ".dll and .napi")
now I want two things:
Run this app as a windows service in the background.
Package it in an installer that should stop the service (if exists), install the new update, then re-run the service. this app will be published in Microsoft store as appx.
I'm new to all of this so I feel lost while trying to know which is the best approach with my little knowledge.
I'm a bit confused between NodeJS and ElectronJS, some people say electron is not the best choice for services, but electron-builder is a great tool for packaging.
Conclusion: I want to publish my app to Microsoft store (already bought a developer account), and to run it as a service (no GUI). and the code is written in JS (node or electron)
Thanks in advance
We have a migration tool to migrate the customers data between different applications. I am looking for ideas to make it very easy for the customer to use this tool. Right now they invoke shell scripts with some options and get the data dump, but I want to make this even more easier for the end customer. Tool is written in nodejs
pkg could be what you're looking for.
From the package description:
This command line interface enables you to package your Node.js
project into an executable that can be run even on devices without
Node.js installed.
Use Cases
Make a commercial version of your application without
sources
Make a demo/evaluation/trial version of your app without
sources
Instantly make executables for other platforms
(cross-compilation) Make some kind of self-extracting archive or
installer No need to install Node.js and npm to run the packaged
application No need to download hundreds of files via npm install to
deploy your application. Deploy it as a single file Put your assets
inside the executable to make it even more portable Test your app
against new Node.js version without installing it
I need to parse a MS Access database on a Meteor server hosted on Galaxy.
Specifically it's a .accdb file.
If I were able to install mdbtools on Galaxy, the npm package mdb would serve this purpose- but I'm fairly certain I can't install anything on Galaxy hosted servers.
Is there an easy solution to this or do I need to switch hosting/ set up a process on a different host to convert the database to a usable format?
EDIT:
I was able to install and use mdbtools but I wasn't able to get mdb to work on my build. I created my own implementation of mdbtools called mdb-parse. This will not work in Galaxy but seems to me at this time to be the only solution if you need to work with .accdb and .mdb files on Node.js.
I have recently bought a Asustor AS-302T NAS, which is an absolutely brilliant solution for the home. One of it's most impressive features is that you can install apps which extends the ordinary behavior of a NAS. And if you are a developer you can also create your own apps.
While apps are fun, I have more interest in using my NAS as a kitchen-sink for my personal nodejs projects. In short I want to run nodejs application that I can then call from various other machines around the house. My own mini-cloud for IOT experiments.
Installing, one click only
Having installed NodeJS through App-Central I am at a loss how exactly to start using NodeJS on my NAS. The whole installation is essentially an on/off switch with no options or visible settings at all. I can find no documentation on practical tasks like uploading a nodejs application, deal with access rights or even execute it.
Under Windows or OS-X I would use npm via the command-line or shell, but Asustor is a purely html based interface (with the exception of XBMC through HDMI).
Why offer to users the option of installing NodeJS -if it's impossible to actually use it?
So my question has three aspects to it:
How do i get access to npm on my Asustor NAS
How do i get my NodeJS application running
Is it possible to run my application as a service (executed when the NAS boots)?
From the ASUSTOR Developer's Guide: apps are installed into
/usr/local/AppCentral/$APP_NAME.
NodeJS executables will be at path /usr/local/AppCentral/nodejs/bin/node and /usr/local/AppCentral/nodejs/bin/npm.
You can login to NAS via SSH and add them to PATH variable, or create symlinks...
I'm also searching for solution how to run them as a service (daemon), maybe an /etc/init.d script might help.
I am creating a NodeJs Desktop application using node-webkit and right now using MongoDB as a database.
I want to distribute it as an executable where users will be able to use the application without installing the database by utilizing their own copy of local DB.
Is there a way i can make a local copy for their DB during the installation.
If it is not possible in MongoDB, what other DB should i use?
well its based on your data needs, if you have large set of data you should use mongoDB otherwise there are lots of databases for your NWJS app. check this link https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/Save-persistent-data-in-app some of them are good enough to hold big data. but personally i prefer sqlite3 with NWJS(there is a lot of hustle to install it for NWJS) sqlite can work with large data check this page for more info.
if you are going with mongoDB then you should download the the zip not the installer and pack it with your installer the you should be good to go.
by default mongoDB stores its data in /data/db but you can change it to your preferred location