BUILDING NATIVE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS USING A BROWSER PLATFORM

In one aspect, the subject disclosure can be embodied in a method for building desktop applications using a web browser platform is provided. A content type and a location of a web application is determined based on input from a user via an input field. Application data for the web application is retrieved based on the determined content type and location of the web application. Parameters for a browser platform application to be generated for the web application are identified, and the browser platform application is generated based on the retrieved application data and the identified parameters.