Hello. I am writing a multiplatform library which ...

# javascript

[Erdem]

Hello. I am writing a multiplatform library which will be used by desktop and web applications also. I want to use Kotlin JS with electron or something similar and I want to access Filesystem apis via Node js exclusively for desktop version. So right now I am trying to find a way to achive this. I am thinking of 2 ways but dont know what to do technically.

First one is to use directly electron and its nodeIntegration feature but I couldn't use node apis via Kotlin. (Tried to run in electron window but getting 'fs' not found error and I don't have an idea how to configure Webpack)
Second one is to render the application in a local server and show it in electron but I dont know is it technically possible with Kotlin or not

What you guys recommend me to do?

[Robert Jaros]

You should be able to use Kotlin/JS with Electron without problems. Look at this example app: https://github.com/rjaros/kvision-examples/tree/master/template-electron

[Robert Jaros]

It's using KVision, but you should be able to use the same configuration without it.

[Robert Jaros]

This file configures webpack: https://github.com/rjaros/kvision-examples/blob/master/template-electron/webpack.config.d/electron.js

[Robert Jaros]

And this is small loader in plain JS: https://github.com/rjaros/kvision-examples/blob/master/template-electron/src/main/electron/index.js

[Robert Jaros]

All other code is Kotlin.

[Robert Jaros]

User https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-nodejs library for node API.

[Erdem]

Thanks for response. I am looking into it now