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Renamed browser-side to main process

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renamed a few occurances of "web page" to "renderer"
renamed a few files that had "browser" in their name to "main-process"
note that there are still many occurances of web page.
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Joseph Dykstra 2015-03-26 10:20:31 -05:00
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@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ atom-shell, and third-party node modules are fully supported too (including the
[native modules](../tutorial/using-native-node-modules.md)).
Atom-shell also provides some extra built-in modules for developing native
desktop applications. Some modules are only available on the browser side, some
are only available on the client (renderer) side, and some can be used on both sides.
desktop applications. Some modules are only available on the main process, some
are only available on the renderer process, and some can be used on both processes.
The basic rule is: if a module is GUI or low-level system related, then it should
be only available on the browser side. You need to be familiar with the concept of
[browser-side vs. client-side](../tutorial/quick-start.md#the-browser-side) scripts
to be able to use those modules.
be only available on the main process. You need to be familiar with the concept of
[main process vs. renderer process](../tutorial/quick-start.md#the-main-process)
scripts to be able to use those modules.
The browser-side script is just like a normal `node.js` script:
The main process script is just like a normal `node.js` script:
```javascript
var app = require('app');
@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
window = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600});
window.loadUrl('https://github.com');
});
```
The web page is no different than a normal web page, except for the extra