Oluwatosin Soremekun avatar

Introducing Vhost Desktop Manager

therealsmat

Published: 08 Mar 2018 › Updated: 08 Mar 2018Introducing Vhost Desktop Manager

Introducing Vhost Desktop Manager

Previously, i built a command line utility that allows users create virtual hosts in seconds. Surprisingly, i got some mails from folks interested in using the tool, but for some reasons, would have preferred a desktop client instead.

I released the first version of the desktop version yesterday. The desktop application allows you to

  • View virtual hosts
  • Create a new virtual host
  • Delete a virtual host.

It is designed to be very easy to use, and very straightforward. I need to say also that this is the first desktop application i built using Electron js. Javascript is such a beautiful thing now.

Screenshot from 2018-03-08 08-32-39.png

Screenshot from 2018-03-08 08-33-22.png

Screenshot from 2018-03-08 08-34-12.png

Screenshot from 2018-03-08 08-33-41.png

The work is not totally done yet as there are some amazing features that will be added soon.

  • Technology Stack

Vhost Desktop Manager was built using

Typically, electron provides the environment, window, and Node js is used to access native Operating System components like Filesystem.

The styling of this application was done using bulma css. Bulma is a nice alternative to bootstrap css and is entirely built on flexbox.

Roadmap

  • Edit vhost config
  • Automatically create directory if it does not exist
  • Add support for windows users
  • Add support for Mac users
  • Create an executable using Electron builder

How to contribute?

Send me a mail at me@tosinsoremekun.com. You can also send a PR if you have made any changes to a fork.



Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

Leave Introducing Vhost Desktop Manager to:

Written by

Software Developer. Little guy, but that's not all i'm going to be

Read more #utopian-io posts


Best Posts From Oluwatosin Soremekun

We have not curated any of therealsmat's posts yet. But you can encourage our curation team to review posts by visiting them regularly and by referring other readers. Because we give priority to frequently read content.

More Posts From Oluwatosin Soremekun