Running an app with Apex 5.1 - still.
Did some research today. Question is how to get the full path of a file by means of drag and drop - something the users would like to have. Turns out this does not work due to browsers' security measures- which is surely a good thing, but if you're just inside the intranet ...
So I did some searching and finally had a look into electron (https://www.electronjs.org) - which did start me thinking. What if I would run my apex application inside electron. At least my drag and drop problem would be solved. Maybe there would even be other benefits of having an application instead of a borwser page. Then I even found something about the usage of Oracle Jet inside Electron - also looked somewhat promising.
So I tried it. Installed electron and built a sample electron app integrating my apex web-app. Buttons didn't work:
javascript:apex.submit()
But that surely is a problem I could overcome.
But is this a reasonable way forward? Are there pitfalls I would have to be aware of? Has anybody done this - and was it worth it?
any input appreciated!
stephan