Is it possible to use c++ as back-end for Electron.js?
I have a task to make simple c++ app which stores information into binary files, then need to make simple manipulations with this info, like edit,delete,read.
I wanted to create desktop app using Electron for designing UI and to use c++ for manipulation with information.
Is it possible and how can i include c++ into electron, is there any tutorials?
Thanks in advance.
Electron is using nodejs, so you can still package cpp code as a node module and then use it as dependency in your electron app.
See the Hello World example here which basically does this:
module.exports.hello = () => 'world';
This is the example from their tutorial:
// hello.cc
#include <node.h>
namespace demo {
using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
using v8::Isolate;
using v8::Local;
using v8::Object;
using v8::String;
using v8::Value;
void Method(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
args.GetReturnValue().Set(String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "world"));
}
void init(Local<Object> exports) {
NODE_SET_METHOD(exports, "hello", Method);
}
NODE_MODULE(addon, init)
} // namespace demo
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