As node.js still lacks important functionality which exists in Java, I would like to use Java instead of node.js, and create the client using a web language (html, js, css..). Electron is cross platform and so does java so it seems fit to have a solution getting the best of both worlds.
Does someone know of a way to integrate electron with java or have a different solution to the problem?
I've created a small PoC where Java process is integrated with Electron front-end: https://github.com/jreznot/electron-java-app There you will find a simple TODO List application built with Vaadin/Jetty and Electron.
Personally i made my back-end java communicate with the front-end by creating a file with te data then sending it to the main.js to be processed.
DBus and winDbus seems to be an option here. It creates nice abstraction and separation between "frontend" and backend
https://sourceforge.net/projects/windbus/
I'm going to test it on my own soon
