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Features

• Demo Applications - Provides a collection of interactive sample applications that demonstrate how to implement core desktop features.
• API Reference Demos - Provides a library of interactive sample applications and reference implementations to help developers learn the core Electron APIs.
• Application Window Managers - Creates and manages desktop windows and web embeds, including native user event handling.
• Cross-Platform GUI Wrappers - Provides visual demonstrations of managing application lifecycles and renderer processes using cross-platform GUI wrappers.
• OS-Level Integrations - Provides reference implementations for connecting web interfaces to system-level functions and native OS capabilities.
• Context Isolation Strategies - Provides implementations of isolated preload scripts to prevent web content from accessing privileged native APIs.
• Sandboxed Rendering - Demonstrates restricting renderer process access to the file system and network using OS security boundaries.
• Cross-Platform Desktop Development - Serves as a reference for building cross-platform software that integrates native OS features.
• Inter-Process Communication - Implements the communication bus for passing serialized messages between main and renderer processes.
• Multi-Process Architectures - Showcases the architectural separation of main application logic and renderer processes for stability.
• Native GUI Component Controls - Provides direct control over application window appearance, system menus, and native user-facing dialogs.
• Electron Application Examples - Ships a collection of practical implementations showcasing native OS integration, window management, and system menu controls.
• Build and Bundling - Provides samples for bundling application code and extensible modules into a distributable format.
• Native Module Development - Provides code examples for authoring high-performance extensions using native modules and handling OS-level file requests.
• Automatic Software Updates - Implements mechanisms for automatically checking and delivering software updates to users.
• Electron Application Packagers - Demonstrates the use of packagers to bundle application code into native installers and executables.
• Cross-Platform Installers - Showcases how to generate platform-specific installation packages for different operating systems.
• Application Shutdown Lifecycles - Includes samples for handling single-instance locks and automatic restart sequences during application lifecycle transitions.
• Security Implementation Guides - Offers step-by-step instructional examples for configuring session permissions, sandboxing, and security policies.
• Custom URI Scheme Handlers - Demonstrates how to intercept network requests to serve local assets through secure custom protocols.
• Protocol Handlers - Shows how to register the application as the default handler for specific URI schemes to open links.
• Application Lifecycle Controllers - Demonstrates how to manage application startup and shutdown behaviors, including native dock modifications.
• OS File Associations - Demonstrates the registration of custom protocol schemes and file extensions to handle OS-level requests.
• Privileged API Bridges - Exposes native system functionality to web interfaces securely through isolated communication layers.
• System Folder Resolution - Provides utilities for resolving standardized operating system paths for user data, settings, and logs.
• C++ Function Bindings - Provides examples of linking C++ addons to the JavaScript runtime for low-level OS access.
• Application Sandboxing - Implements OS-level isolation to restrict renderer processes from accessing unauthorized system resources.
• Content Security Policies - Includes configurations for restricting browser capabilities to prevent cross-site scripting and data injection.
• Desktop Security Implementations - Includes practical examples of configuring content security policies, process sandboxing, and isolated contexts.
• Inter-Process Communication Validation - Verifies the identity of the sender for every incoming IPC message to prevent untrusted actions.
• Process Sandboxing - Utilizes operating system restrictions to isolate renderer processes and limit their system access.
• Secure Local Asset Protocols - Uses custom protocols instead of the file system to serve local pages and assets securely.
• Background Processing - Demonstrates offloading CPU-intensive or untrusted tasks to background utility processes with dedicated communication channels.
• Taskbar Jump Lists - Implements platform-specific UI elements including taskbar badges, jump lists, and recent document lists.

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