📦 parcel-plugin-nodegui

Use and bundle assets with your nodegui app

General

This plugin allows you to import actual assets, such as css and image files, into your NodeGUI app and utilize them in your app.

You can see an example project that uses parcel and this plugin here.

Disclaimer: this plugin is in its early stages. Bugs are probable. Feature requests, bug reports and contributions are most welcome!

Features

• Utilize CSS files in your code using require (much like web and React Native) 🎨
• Import image assets and utilize them with QImage widgets using require 🖼

Getting Started

Prerequisites

As this is a parcel plugin, your project has to use parcel for managing its bundle. Read about it here.

Installation

Run the following command inside your project to install this :

npm install --save-dev parcel-plugin-nodegui

Building for NodeGUI

Make sure that you select the node target when bundling your projects for the NodeGUI platform (using the build and watch commands). Read about project targets here.

Example

Building for node target:

npx parcel build --target node src/index.tsx

Watching for node target (auto bundle build upon file save):

npx parcel watch --target node src/index.tsx

Plugins

CSS

Import and use css with your NodeGUI windows's styleSheet prop.

Usage

In order to use CSS in your NodeGUI app, simply require it:

const style = require('./style.css');

And use it with the Window widget's styleSheet property:

<Window styleSheet={style}>
  ...
</Window>

Note: Do not forget that selectors in NodeGUI apps are the elements' ids, and therefore you should use the #thisIsId selector in your stylesheets.

Example

style.css

#container {
  flex: 1;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: '100%';
  background: #4B4B4B;
}

#text {
  color: white;
}

app.jsx

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Window
      styleSheet={require('./style.css')}
    >
      <View id="container">
        <Text id="text">Hello, world</Text>
      </View>
    </Window>
  );
};

Using with pre-processors (SASS \ LESS)

Simply follow the regular guide regarding how to use said pre-processors in your project:

• SASS: https://parceljs.org/scss.html
• LESS: https://parceljs.org/less.html
• Stylus: https://parceljs.org/stylus.html

The plugin will automatically utilize their output CSS in your project.

Images

Import and use image files with your NodeGUI's Image components.

Usage

In order to use image assets in your NodeGUI app, simply require them:

const image = require('./image.png');

And use them with the Image widget's src property:

<Image src={image} />