More docs (#471)

* Adds image example

* fix mouse typo

* Adds scrolla area and networking examples

* Adds a link to awesome repo
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{
"name": "@nodegui/nodegui",
"version": "0.17.0",
"version": "0.18.0",
"lockfileVersion": 1,
"requires": true,
"dependencies": {

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{
"name": "@nodegui/nodegui",
"version": "0.17.0",
"version": "0.18.0",
"description": "A cross platform library to build native desktop apps.",
"main": "dist/index.js",
"typings": "dist/index.d.ts",

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const win = new QMainWindow();
const label = new QLabel();
label.setText('Move your move here');
label.setText('Move your mouse here');
label.setMouseTracking(true);
label.addEventListener(WidgetEventTypes.MouseMove, nativeEvt => {
label.addEventListener(WidgetEventTypes.MouseMove, (nativeEvt) => {
const mouseEvt = new QMouseEvent(nativeEvt as any);
console.log('mouseMoved at: ', { x: mouseEvt.x(), y: mouseEvt.y() });
});

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const checkbox = new QCheckBox();
checkbox.setText('Check/Uncheck me');
checkbox.addEventListener('clicked', checked => {
checkbox.addEventListener('clicked', (checked) => {
console.log('was checked', checked);
});
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const win = new QMainWindow();
const label = new QLabel();
label.setText('Move your move here');
label.setText('Move your mouse here');
label.setMouseTracking(true);
label.addEventListener(WidgetEventTypes.MouseMove, nativeEvt => {
label.addEventListener(WidgetEventTypes.MouseMove, (nativeEvt) => {
const mouseEvt = new QMouseEvent(nativeEvt);
console.log('mouseMoved at: ', { x: mouseEvt.x(), y: mouseEvt.y() });
});

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---
sidebar_label: Helpful Links
title: Helpful links
---
NodeGui is an open source project that exists because of amazing contributors and users.
The following repo contains all the helpful links, examples, plugins, etc in a single maintainable place.
[https://github.com/nodegui/awesome-nodegui/](https://github.com/nodegui/awesome-nodegui/)
Please do star ⭐️ the [NodeGui project repo](https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui) to show your support 😄

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title: Images
---
WIP
Images are very important for making your app more interesting.
In NodeGui, QLabel is typically used for displaying text, but it can also display an image.
A very minimal example would look like this:
```js
const { QMainWindow, QPixmap, QLabel } = require('@nodegui/nodegui');
const win = new QMainWindow();
const label = new QLabel();
const absoulteImagePath = '/Users/atulr/Project/nodegui/nodegui/extras/assets/logox200.png';
const image = new QPixmap();
image.load(absoulteImagePath);
label.setPixmap(image);
win.setCentralWidget(label);
win.show();
global.win = win;
```
Here,
- We first create a label using QLabel.
- Then we create an instance of QPixmap. `QPixmap` is used to represent the image in memory. QPixmap is not a widget, so it cant be shown on the screen as it is.
- Hence, we use QLabel instance and set QPixmap to it.
The result would look like this:
<img src="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/releases/download/assets/image-example.png" alt="image example" style={{width: '100%', maxWidth: 400}}/>
## Loading an image using a url
Lets say we want to load an image from a URL on the internet. In this case we can't use the `load()` method of QPixmap since its only reserved for local file system images.
Instead, well download the image using axios as a buffer and use the QPixmap's method loadFromData instead.
So lets start with the axios installation:
```sh
npm i axios
```
Now lets create a function that will take a URL as a parameter and will return a configured QMovie instance for the GIF:
```js
const axios = require('axios');
async function getPixmap(url) {
const { data } = await axios.get(url, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' });
const pixmap = new QPixmap();
pixmap.loadFromData(data);
return pixmap;
}
```
The `getPixmap` function takes in a URL, tells axios to download the image as a buffer, and then uses that buffer to create a QPixmap instance.
Since getPixmap returns a promise, we need to make some changes to the code. After some minor refactoring, we end up with the following.
```js
const { QMainWindow, QPixmap, QLabel } = require('@nodegui/nodegui');
const axios = require('axios');
async function getPixmap(url) {
const { data } = await axios.get(url, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' });
const pixmap = new QPixmap();
pixmap.loadFromData(data);
return pixmap;
}
async function main() {
const win = new QMainWindow();
const label = new QLabel();
const image = await getPixmap('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Nature-morocco.jpg');
label.setPixmap(image);
win.setCentralWidget(label);
win.show();
global.win = win;
}
main().catch(console.error);
```
And the result would look like this:
<img src="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/releases/download/assets/image-from-url.png" alt="image url example" style={{width: '100%', maxWidth: 400}}/>
## Some tips
### Showing large images
The above examples wont allow you to show a huge image without either cutting it off or making the widget huge.
In order to do that:
- You can create the image instance using QPixmap
- Set the image instance to a QLabel
- And finally set the QLabel to a QScrollArea that allows you to scroll the image if the size of the image is too big.
### Animated images
In order to use animated images
- Instead of QPixmap use QMovie
- And instead of a label's `setPixmap` method use `setMovie`
More details on it can be seen on this blog post : [https://www.sitepoint.com/build-native-desktop-gif-searcher-app-using-nodegui/](https://www.sitepoint.com/build-native-desktop-gif-searcher-app-using-nodegui/)

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title: Networking
---
WIP
Many apps need to load resources from a remote URL. You may want to make a POST request to a REST API, or you may need to fetch a chunk of static content from another server.
Remember that NodeGui apps do not run in a browser and hence do not have access to browser apis. NodeGui app is essentially a Node.js app.
And in a typical Node.js application you would use a third party library like [axios](https://github.com/axios/axios), [node-fetch](https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch) or [frisbee](https://github.com/niftylettuce/frisbee) for achieving this functionality.
## Using Node Fetch
[Node Fetch](https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch) is a light-weight module that brings window.fetch to Node.js.
An example usage would look like this:
```js
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
async function getData() {
try {
let response = await fetch('https://somewebsite.com/some.json');
let responseJson = await response.json();
return responseJson.somecontent;
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
```
Take a look at the [Node Fetch docs](https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch) for a full list of properties.

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---
sidebar_label: Scroll View
title: Scroll View
sidebar_label: ScrollArea
title: Scroll Area
---
WIP
ScrollArea allows you to display a large content (image, list or even plain text) in an area of predefined size. A scroll area is used to display the contents of a child widget within a frame. If the widget exceeds the size of the frame, the view can provide scroll bars so that the entire area of the child widget can be viewed.
## Example
```js
const { QMainWindow, QLabel, QScrollArea } = require('@nodegui/nodegui');
const win = new QMainWindow();
const label = new QLabel();
const scrollArea = new QScrollArea();
scrollArea.setWidget(label);
win.setCentralWidget(scrollArea);
win.show();
global.win = win;
label.setText(`
Contrary to popular belief,
Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text.
It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC,
making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia,
looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,
and going through the cites of the word in classical literature,
discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32
and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance.
The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s
is reproduced below for those interested.
Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also
reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied
by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Why do we use it?
It is a long established
fact that a reader will be distracted by
the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has
a more-or-less normal distribution of letters,
as opposed to using 'Content here, content here',
making it look like readable English.
Many desktop publishing packages and web page
editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text,
and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web
sites still in their infancy. Various versions
have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident,
sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).
`);
```
**TLDR;**
We create a QScrollArea instance and use the setWidget method to insert a widget as its child.
QScrollArea can take any widget as its child.
The result would look like this:
<img src="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/releases/download/assets/scrollarea.gif" alt="scroll area" style={{width: '100%', maxWidth: 400}}/>

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'guides/scroll-view',
'guides/images',
'guides/networking',
'guides/helpful-links',
],
Guides: [
'guides/nodegui-architecture',