fdp-clocks

Prof. Golan's class's clocks for the Forbes Digital Plaza.

sketches/

Put sketches in Contents/Resources/app/sketches/. Each sketch should be in its own folder, with an index.html.

settings.json

Contents/Resources/app/settings.json

JSON key	default value	explanation
SHOW_LABEL	false	show author name at beginning of each clock
FADE_SPEED	32	speed of fade to/from black, bigger value = slower
TIMEOUT	1000 /*millis per sec*/ * 60 /*secs per min*/ * 3 /*mins*/	number of milliseconds to show each clock
FRAME_X	0	x coordinate of the iframe relative to window
FRAME_Y	0	y ditto
FRAME_W	800	width ditto
FRAME_H	600	height ditto
BG_COLOR	[0,0,0]	background color (RGB)
FRAME_STYLE	""	custom CSS style (overriding) for iframe
BODY_STYLE	""	custom CSS style (overriding) for main app body
START_FULLSCREEN	false	start the app in fullscreen mode

Compiling the app from source

1. Download nodejsand npm, e.g. brew install node.
2. cd into the folder and run npm install to install all dependencies automatically.
3. npm start to fire up the electron app.

To make standalone app

1. Download electron-packager, e.g. npm install -g electron-packager
2. electron-packager . the "dot" means current directory.