can i run nodejs app from a webview ?

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#1

can i do that or no ?

#2

If your question is can you use a native.newWebView() to get HTML content from a server running node.js, then sure.  A node.js server typically outputs standard HTTP type content just as you would get from an Apache server.

If your question is can you run node.js code, the answer is no.  You have to have a node.js server to run node.js code.  These servers run on Unix and Linux based systems (there are some hacks that can get it working, albeit not well on Windows). 

Rob

#3

If your question is can you use a native.newWebView() to get HTML content from a server running node.js, then sure.  A node.js server typically outputs standard HTTP type content just as you would get from an Apache server.

If your question is can you run node.js code, the answer is no.  You have to have a node.js server to run node.js code.  These servers run on Unix and Linux based systems (there are some hacks that can get it working, albeit not well on Windows). 

Rob