BellyRub is a library for writing cross platform desktop applications using .NET and HTML. when you start bellyrub it will scan the machine for any known browsers and start it up in application mode for your application. On the .Net side it uses dynamic objects through Json.Net while on the client end you can expect json objects.
Just pull the source code and run deploy.sh/deploy.bat to compile it. You will find the complied library in the ReleaseBinaries folder. If you want to see how it works you can try the BellyRub.TestClient
If you wnat to try writing an application with it create any console/windowed .Net application and put this in your main method
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;
using BellyRub;
using BellyRub.UI;
namespace MyApplication
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Set a path where we keep our html code and create the engine
// Use a site directory located in the same folder as your executable
var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), "site");
var engine = new BellyEngine(path);
// Set up messaging to talk to your UI code and start the engine
var browser = engine
.OnConnected(() => Console.WriteLine("Client connected"))
.OnDisconnected(() => Console.WriteLine("Client disconnected"))
.OnSendException((ex) => Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString()))
.On("hello-server", (m) => Console.WriteLine(m))
.RespondTo("ping-server", (m, with) => with("pong from server"))
.Start();
// Wait for the browser to connect then communicate
engine.WaitForFirstClientToConnect();
engine.Send("hello-client", "hello world from server");
Console.WriteLine(engine.Request("ping-client"));
// Make the browser the topmost window
browser.BringToFront();
// Run for as long as the browser is connected
while (engine.HasConnectedClients) {
Thread.Sleep(50);
}
}
}
}Put an index html file in the directory specified in your main method with something like this. If you want the html code to follow the .Net app just add them to the .Net project and choose copy always.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate" />
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0" />
<title>MyApplication</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/bellyrub-client.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Create the bellyrub client
var client = createBellyRubClient();
console.log('connecting..');
// When connected communicate a bit
client.onconnected = function () {
client.send('hello-server', 'hello world from client');
client.request('ping-server', '', function (m) { console.log(m); });
};
// Setup message handlers
client.handlers['hello-client'] = function (msg, respondWith) {
console.log(msg);
};
client.handlers['ping-client'] = function (msg, respondWith) {
respondWith('pong from client');
};
// Connect to bellyrub engine
client.connect();
</script>
</head>
<body>
Hello Bellyrub!
</body>
</html>