refactored a bit and changed name

binding.gyp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "targets": [{
-        "target_name": "node_desktop",
+        "target_name": "node_gui",
         "cflags!": ["-fno-exceptions"],
         "cflags_cc!": ["-fno-exceptions"],
         "sources": [

demo.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-const { QtGui, QtWidgets } = require(".");
-
-// const app = new QtGui.QApplication();
+import { QtGui, QtWidgets } from "./src";
 const win = new QtWidgets.QMainWindow();
 const view = new QtGui.QWidget();
 win.setCentralWidget(view);
@@ -16,6 +14,9 @@ label2.setStyleSheet("background-color:blue; color:white;");
 
 const button1 = new QtWidgets.QPushButton();
 button1.setText("Yolo");
+// button1.setEventListener("click", () => {
+//   console.log("button clicked");
+// });
 
 gridLayout.addWidget(label);
 gridLayout.addWidget(label2);
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@ view.setLayout(gridLayout);
 win.show();
 // app.exec();
 
-global.win = win; //to keep gc from collecting
+(global as any).win = win; //to keep gc from collecting

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "node_desktop",
+  "name": "node-gui",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "A cross platform library to build native desktop apps. Based on Qt5.",
   "main": "dist/",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build:addon": "node-gyp -j 8 rebuild",
     "build:lib": "rm -rf ./dist/ && tsc",
-    "dev": "qode demo.js"
+    "dev": "yarn build:lib && qode dist/demo.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "node-addon-api": "^1.6.3"

src/cpp/QtWidgets/QPushButton/qpushbutton_wrap.cpp

@@ -67,3 +67,8 @@ Napi::Value QPushButtonWrap::setText(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
   return env.Null();
 }
 
+Napi::Value QPushButtonWrap::setEventListener(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info){
+  Napi::Env env = info.Env();
+  Napi::HandleScope scope(env);
+  return env.Null();
+}

src/cpp/QtWidgets/QPushButton/qpushbutton_wrap.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class QPushButtonWrap : public  Napi::ObjectWrap<QPushButtonWrap> {
   //wrapped methods
   Napi::Value setStyleSheet(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
   Napi::Value setText(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
+  Napi::Value setEventListener(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
 };
 
 #endif

src/lib/QtWidgets/QGridLayout/index.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class QGridLayout extends Component {
       this.native = new addon.QGridLayout();
     }
   }
-  addWidget(widget: QWidget) {
+  addWidget(widget: Component) {
     this.native.addWidget(widget.native);
     this.children.add(widget);
   }

src/lib/QtWidgets/QPushButton/index.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import addon from "../../core/addon";
 import { QWidget } from "../../QtGui/QWidget";
-import { Component } from "../../core/Component";
+import { EventComponent } from "../../core/EventComponent";
 
-export class QPushButton extends Component {
+export class QPushButton extends EventComponent {
   native: any;
+  setEventListener(event: string, callback: () => void): void {
+    throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
+  }
   constructor(parent?: QWidget) {
     super();
     if (parent) {

src/lib/core/Component/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export abstract class Component {
-  children = new Set<Component>(); //TODO if react stub these as react will manage the instances from beings gc'ed better.
-  parent: Component | null = null;
+  protected children = new Set<Component>(); //TODO if react stub these as react will manage the instances from beings gc'ed better.
+  protected parent: Component | null = null;
   abstract native: any;
 }

src/lib/core/EventComponent/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { Component } from "../Component";
+
+type Callback = () => void;
+
+export abstract class EventComponent extends Component {
+  abstract setEventListener(event: string, callback: Callback): void;
+}

src/lib/core/addon.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-const addon = require("../../../build/Release/node_desktop.node");
+const addon = require("../../../../build/Release/node_gui.node");
 export default addon;