Garden

Mission: Create a JavaScript app that holds mini apps and acts like a workbench for small scripts and rapidly developed tools

DEVELOPMENT: JAVASCRIPT + ELECTRON


The idea for Garden came about while I was going through a time where I was making a lot of small Node-based applets and scripts, some of which used Electron. I decided instead of rewriting basic functions over and over, and in an attempt to make all these bits of code more accessible, I would build a "Garden" in which they could all live.

Garden running on macOS

I developed one single Electron application that allowed for small modules to be dropped in and run. This allowed me to quickly write JavaScript apps or small scripts and run them in a single place with a user interface already constructed.

Garden running on macOS

Try Garden


Grab the repo over on GitHub

  • cd into the repo directory
  • Install Node modules with npm i
  • Start 'er up with npm start

NOTES

Please note Garden is in development and has only been tested on macOS.

You might need to install Electron globally with npm i -g electron

Technologies used


  • Electron
  • Node.js
  • jQuery
  • Moment.js
  • jsonfile [npm]
  • Bootstrap 3