Hey guys,
the Getting Started Guide and the package.json manifest format is still broken.
If you follow the steps of the latest tutorial, you will get some errors: http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Users/Getting%20Started/#write-nwjs-app
Questions:
- How to start an nwjs App now, if not with the index.html as an entry point?
- The nw binary assumes an index.js file as an entry point, otherwise the token "
- Is there a _complete_ package.json example available with ALL possible settings?
When loading a folder directly via "nw /path/to/directory" you will get an [18624:18624:0812/162308:ERROR:component_loader.cc(168)] Failed to parse extension manifest. error without any clue on what's going on or what the error actually is.
Version 0.16.1
OS Ubuntu GNU/Linux
Arch amd64
Self-compiled? No, used binaries from website directly.
cookiengineer
All 6 comments
Could you post your package.json in /path/to/directory?
ghostoy
on 13 Aug 2016
The helloword sample app works flawlessly on Linux. Please check if you have a valid package.json inside /path/to/directory. See http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/References/Manifest%20Format/ for detailed specification.
ghostoy
on 15 Aug 2016
Slight necro, but I have this on MacOS. (NW.js version 0.38.4)
package.json:
{
"name": "Test",
"main": "index.html"
}
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
</body>
</html>
(Copy pasted from the getting started guide)
Starting with nw . seems to work fine, but outputs the error in the terminal:
[43051:775:0605/112150.361560:ERROR:component_loader.cc(167)] Failed to parse extension manifest.
Want me to create a new issue or should we keep it here?
vonEdfa
on 5 Jun 2019
@vonEdfa please create a new one as it looks different. Thanks.
rogerwang
on 5 Jun 2019
Will do!
vonEdfa
on 5 Jun 2019
i think it would also be useful to explain how to install nw.
It says on top of the Getting Started page where you can download it, but it never tells you what to do with it afterward. (or did i miss that?)
Maybe even an example on how to install it using npm...?
boguz
on 11 Oct 2019
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i think it would also be useful to explain how to install nw.
It says on top of the Getting Started page where you can download it, but it never tells you what to do with it afterward. (or did i miss that?)
Maybe even an example on how to install it using npm...?