Auto updating an html/angular app in client side

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I'm building an app using angular. The app will run on the clients computer. When an update is there it will download a zip file from the server and upgrade the required files.

I guess js and html is incapable of copying and modifying files. Our first idea was to run a background application on the os to check for updates and do the updates as necessary. But what other approaches are there to achieve this?

None. Not through in-browser JS alone anwyway. Can't you just host the app? Or get the client to download/update the zip? — CodingIntrigue
– CodingIntrigue, Commented Apr 14, 2014 at 11:43
this post may help you : stackoverflow.com/questions/23056808/… — Jscti
– Jscti, Commented Apr 14, 2014 at 11:45

malix · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-14 15:29:52Z

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Even if the application is offline, you can still host it, just use AppCache or something like it.

See this post for a tutorial:

http://www.sitepoint.com/creating-offline-html5-apps-with-appcache/

answered Apr 14, 2014 at 15:29

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astroanu Over a year ago

I think you have pointed me to the correct way. Why didn't i think of this --duh

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