Project Westminster/Hosted Web Apps
I wanted to share some really great resources for people that are interested in learning more about web apps. Jeff Burtoft shared these with me, and I've found them very helpful. Hopefully you will too!
- What are the things need to take in consideration when packaging a website
- W: https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/07/06/project-westminster-in-a-nutshell/
- M: https://www.thishereweb.com/manifoldjs-building-simple-hosted-web-apps/
- M: https://www.html5hacks.com/blog/2015/08/06/manifoldjs-quick-start/
- Both: https://channel9.msdn.com/events/Windows/Developers-Guide-to-Windows-10-RTM/Microsoft-Web-Platform
- https://github.com/manifoldjs/ManifoldJS/wiki/Getting-Started
- How to handle back button
- Both: can be done in js on page ex. https://github.com/boyofgreen/pixiebob/blob/master/backbutton.js
- https://catalystcode.github.io/case-studies/2015/09/15/Using-ManifoldJS-to-Get-More-Out-of-Web-Sites.html
- How to handle opening links, that they will open up inside the app and not open up the browser
- W: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn705792.aspx
- M: https://github.com/manifoldjs/ManifoldJS/wiki/Access-Rules-in-Windows
- Hybrid elements, for example using native map component to show positions in the map
- Both: https://microsoftedge.github.io/WebAppsDocs/en-US/win10/HWAfeatures.htm#create-hybrid-apps----packaged-web-apps-vs-hosted-web-apps
- Both: https://rjs.azurewebsites.net/
Also, here are a few examples site to look at that can be easily launched, then pointed to in VS or in Manifoldjs:
https://github.com/manifoldjs/ManifoldJS
https://github.com/boyofgreen/ContosoTravel
https://github.com/boyofgreen/BankOfContoso
https://github.com/boyofgreen/HWAToast