Initial support for Windows capture with Aperture.CLI

[ghost]

There's still work to do (i.e. audio support, bug fixes, performance improvements) but I think it's a good starting point.
One minor catch is that the current build commands (see package.json) can not be used for cross-platform compatibility, so I added build-win and renamed build to build-macos

[albinekb]

This is cool! I will try this when I get time.

[wiltonpolesca]

Hi guys, I'm new here and want to try to help on this project, but, unfortunately, I don't know where to start. There is a tutorial when can I learn about how get the repository, create a pull request and with the rules that need to be respected in the code?

thanks!

[skllcrn]

Hey @wiltonpolesca! Awesome that you want to contribute, I'll see if I can help you get started. I'll go by the presumption that you're already a little familiar working with git as well the terms and tools in use.

A good place to start is to check out the repository readme and contributing information, once you've done that you'll want to fork and clone the repo. Make sure you're on macOS 10.12 or later and that you have the necessary dependencies. To do that you're going to need Node.js, which includes npm.

Now you can cd into the directory you cloned the repo to, the easiest way to do that is to open a Terminal window (check out Hyper from our friends at Zeit) and type cd before dragging and dropping the folder your cloned onto the command line. Press enter and you should be in the correct directory.

Follow that by running npm i, which will check the package.json I mentioned above and download any missing dependencies for you. Once it's done you can run the example using Aperture by running node example.js.

When it comes to rules or guidelines for the code and Aperture itself; it's all about performance and quality. You'll also notice that we use the xo linter, which enforces a consistent code style.

Additional reading: How to Contribute to Open Source.

[skllcrn]

This is a fantastic first contribution @sanlyx, great to have you around! You might also want to check out the new Window 10 Screen Capture API.

All this being said, I suggest you move this to your own fork once you're ready. See my message in #46:

We've thought a lot about this and have decided to focus our efforts on macOS. That means that we will not officially support or maintain Aperture or Kap on other platforms.

This is free and open-source side project for us which we do to learn and have fun, the fact of the matter is that we're not currently motivated to maintain these projects on other platforms. That might change in the future, but for now we're letting the community lead. We encourage a fork of Aperture to support other platforms, we'd even encourage you to use the Aperture name, as long as as you develop it to maintain API parity and share our focus on performance and quality.