course search

Course Search

Desktop application built with React and Electron to find courses from multiple sources available to download in torrent form

Download

https://github.com/burhanuday/course-search/releases

Usage

• win: Download compiled executable from releases tab
• mac: Follow below steps to compile binary

Changing Sources

The source can be changed by picking a different website from the dropdown in the top right corner

Compile Steps

git clone https://github.com/burhanuday/course-search
npm install
npm run package

• A new dist folder will be created in the root of your project containing the executable files
• NOTE: add --mac to the postpackage script besides --win if you are on a mac computer

Development

• Run npm start to start the react development server
• After that, run npm run start-electron in a different terminal to start the electron app

Project structure

• electron/: Code for the main Electron process
• src/react/: Code for the React renderer process
• src/shared/: Code shared between React and Electron
• package.json: Contains scripts for running the app in development, building it, and packaging it for production using electron-builder

TODO

• Make an icon for the project
• Improve styling for the UI
• Add new sources

Contributing

Make a new PR to contribute

Boilerplate

Taken from https://github.com/burhanuday/electron-react-boilerplate

License

GNU General Public License v3.0