Building NodeWebkit apps with Gulp

README.md

Tasks

To install the task-runner, run:

$ npm install -g gulp

To install local dependencies, run:

$ npm install

To serve the app in node-webkit, run:

$ gulp serve

To build the app for Mac OSx & Window, run:

$ gulp build

gulpfile.js

var pkg = require('./package');
var gulp = require('gulp');
var gutil = require('gulp-util');
var rimraf = require('rimraf');
var shell = require('gulp-shell');
var NwBuilder = require('node-webkit-builder');

gulp.task('build', ['clean'], function() {
  var nw = new NwBuilder({
    appName: pkg.window.title,
    appVersion: pkg.version,
    buildDir: 'dist',
    files: ['package.json', 'src/**'],
    macIcns: 'src/img/icon.icns',
    platforms: ['win','osx'],
    version: '0.10.1'
  });

  nw.on('log', gutil.log);

  return nw.build().catch(gutil.log);
});

gulp.task('clean', function (cb) {
    rimraf('dist', cb);
});

gulp.task('serve', shell.task([
  './node_modules/nodewebkit/bin/nodewebkit . --debug'
]));

package.json

{
  "private": true,
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.8.7",
    "gulp-shell": "^0.2.9",
    "gulp-util": "~3.0.0",
    "node-webkit-builder": "~0.1.1",
    "rimraf": "~2.2.8"
  }
}