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How do I compile a html javascript package into a single, static binary? (lemmy.world)
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Title. I'm trying to compile this but I can't seem to do so with node.js.

Thanks in advance.

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[โ€“] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for your explanation. Not "create", but use that specific package in the OP as a command to run it as a "lightweight screensaver" of sorts. And I honestly thought it was possible considering nexe and pkg exists and both can "compile" .js files into a binary. And the possibility of displaying pictures in true color (even in the CLI).

[โ€“] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I think generally when a tool says that it's compiling JavaScript into a binary, it's just packaging it with a lightweight browser basically. Python has kind of the same thing - they have compilers that build executables, but really they're just packaging a Python interpreter with your script.