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Fix documentation for module types available in the renderer process
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Jessica Lord 2015-10-28 09:58:22 -07:00
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The `remote` module provides a simple way to do inter-process communication
(IPC) between the renderer process (web page) and the main process.
In Electron, only GUI-unrelated modules are available in the renderer process.
Without the `remote` module, users who want to call a main process API in
the renderer process will have to explicitly send inter-process messages
to the main process. With the `remote` module, you can invoke methods of the
main process object without explicitly sending inter-process messages, similar
to Java's [RMI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_remote_method_invocation).
In Electron, GUI-related modules (such as `dialog`, `menu` etc.) are only available in the main process, not in the renderer process. In order to use them from the renderer process, the `ipc` module is necessary to send inter-process messages to the main process. With the `remote` module, you can invoke methods of the main process object without explicitly sending inter-process messages, similar to Java's [RMI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_remote_method_invocation).
An example of creating a browser window from a renderer process: