chore: version bump

feat: set wails version in go.mod

.chglog/CHANGELOG.tpl.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{{ if .Versions -}}
+<a name="unreleased"></a>
+## [Unreleased]
+
+{{ if .Unreleased.CommitGroups -}}
+{{ range .Unreleased.CommitGroups -}}
+### {{ .Title }}
+{{ range .Commits -}}
+- {{ if .Scope }}**{{ .Scope }}:** {{ end }}{{ .Subject }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ end -}}
+{{ end -}}
+{{ end -}}
+
+{{ range .Versions }}
+<a name="{{ .Tag.Name }}"></a>
+## {{ if .Tag.Previous }}[{{ .Tag.Name }}]{{ else }}{{ .Tag.Name }}{{ end }} - {{ datetime "2006-01-02" .Tag.Date }}
+{{ range .CommitGroups -}}
+### {{ .Title }}
+{{ range .Commits -}}
+- {{ if .Scope }}**{{ .Scope }}:** {{ end }}{{ .Subject }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ end -}}
+
+{{- if .NoteGroups -}}
+{{ range .NoteGroups -}}
+### {{ .Title }}
+{{ range .Notes }}
+{{ .Body }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ end -}}
+{{ end -}}
+{{ end -}}
+
+{{- if .Versions }}
+[Unreleased]: {{ .Info.RepositoryURL }}/compare/{{ $latest := index .Versions 0 }}{{ $latest.Tag.Name }}...HEAD
+{{ range .Versions -}}
+{{ if .Tag.Previous -}}
+[{{ .Tag.Name }}]: {{ $.Info.RepositoryURL }}/compare/{{ .Tag.Previous.Name }}...{{ .Tag.Name }}
+{{ end -}}
+{{ end -}}
+{{ end -}}

.chglog/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+style: github
+template: CHANGELOG.tpl.md
+info:
+  title: CHANGELOG
+  repository_url: https://github.com/wailsapp/wails
+options:
+  commits:
+    # filters:
+    #   Type:
+    #     - feat
+    #     - fix
+    #     - perf
+    #     - refactor
+  commit_groups:
+    # title_maps:
+    #   feat: Features
+    #   fix: Bug Fixes
+    #   perf: Performance Improvements
+    #   refactor: Code Refactoring
+  header:
+    pattern: "^(\\w*)\\:\\s(.*)$"
+    pattern_maps:
+      - Type
+      - Subject
+  notes:
+    keywords:
+      - BREAKING CHANGE

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ assignees: ''
 
 ---
 
+#####################################################
+     If you have a technical issue, please do not open a bug this way! 
+                      Please use the `wails issue` command!                          
+#####################################################
+
 **Description**
 A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
 
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
 If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
 
 **System Details**
-Please paste the output of `wails report` here.
+Please provide your platform, GO version and variables, etc
 
 **Additional context**
 Add any other context about the problem here.

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 # This is an example goreleaser.yaml file with some sane defaults.
 # Make sure to check the documentation at http://goreleaser.com
-before:
-  hooks:
-    - ./scripts/updateversion.sh
+
 builds:
 - env:
   - CGO_ENABLED=0
+  goos:
+    - windows
+    - linux
+    - darwin
+  goarch:
+    - 386
+    - amd64
+  ignore:
+  - goos: darwin
+    goarch: 386
   main: ./cmd/wails/main.go
 archive:
   replacements:

.jshintrc

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "esversion": 6
+}

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -5,14 +5,36 @@
   "version": "0.2.0",
   "configurations": [
     {
-      "name": "Launch",
+      "name": "Wails Init",
       "type": "go",
       "request": "launch",
       "mode": "auto",
       "program": "${workspaceFolder}/cmd/wails/main.go",
       "env": {},
+      "cwd": "/tmp",
       "args": [
-        "setup"
+        "init",
+        "-name",
+        "runtime",
+        "-dir",
+        "runtime",
+        "-output",
+        "runtime",
+        "-template",
+        "vuebasic"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Wails Update Pre",
+      "type": "go",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "mode": "auto",
+      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/cmd/wails/main.go",
+      "env": {},
+      "cwd": "/tmp",
+      "args": [
+        "update",
+        "-pre"
       ]
     }
   ]

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "go.formatTool": "goimports"
+}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+2019-06-18 **v0.16.0**
+* React template FTW! - Thanks [admin_3.exe](https://github.com/bh90210)!
+* Updated contributors
+* Arch Linux detection without lsb-release
+* Removed deprecated methods for dealing with JS/CSS in the backend
+
+2019-05-29 **v0.14.11-pre**
+* Windows fix for spinner
+
+2019-05-29 **v0.14.10-pre**
+* Windows fix for Vuetify
+
+2019-05-29 **v0.14.9-pre**
+* Vuetify project template 🎉
+
+2019-05-29 **v0.14.8-pre**
+* Updated Ubuntu npm install command
+
+2019-05-22 **v0.14.7-pre**
+* New projects are built automatically when initialised
+* Go 1.12 is now a minimum requirement
+
+2019-05-21 **v0.14.6-pre**
+* Hotfix for module dependency issue
+
+2019-05-20 **v0.14.5-pre**
+* Added developer tooling - New Template Generator
+* Documentation fixes - Thanks [admin_3.exe](https://github.com/bh90210)!

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Contributors
+
+Wails is what it is because of the time and effort given by these great people. A huge thank you to each and every one!
+
+* [Dustin Krysak](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bashfulrobot)
+* [Qais Patankar](https://github.com/qaisjp)
+* [Anthony Lee](https://github.com/alee792)
+* [Adrian Lanzafame](https://github.com/lanzafame)
+* [0xflotus](https://github.com/0xflotus)
+* [Michael D Henderson](https://github.com/mdhender)
+* [fred2104](https://github.com/fishfishfish2104)
+* [intelwalk](https://github.com/intelwalk)
+* [Mark Stenglein](https://github.com/ocelotsloth)
+* [admin_3.exe](https://github.com/bh90210)

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
    <a href="http://godoc.org/github.com/wailsapp/wails"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-blue.svg"/></a>
    <a href="https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/wailsapp/wails"><img src="https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/wailsapp/wails/badge" alt="CodeFactor" /></a>
    <a href="https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/issues"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/contributions-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat" alt="CodeFactor" /></a>
+   <a href="https://houndci.com"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Reviewed_by-Hound-8E64B0.svg"/></a>
+   <a href="https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg" alt="Awesome"></a>
+   <a href="https://dashboard.guardrails.io/default/gh/wailsapp/wails"><img src="https://badges.guardrails.io/wailsapp/wails.svg?token=53657bc22ec360d7673c894fdd70568e918ec581d10d84427ed4de5fe1eeff1a"></a>
 </p>
 
 The traditional method of providing web interfaces to Go programs is via a built-in web server. Wails offers a different approach: it provides the ability to wrap both Go code and a web frontend into a single binary. Tools are provided to make this easy for you by handling project creation, compilation and bundling. All you have to do is get creative!
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ The traditional method of providing web interfaces to Go programs is via a built
 
 - Use standard Go libraries/frameworks for the backend
 - Use any frontend technology to build your UI
+- Quickly create Vue, Vuetify or React frontends for your Go programs
 - Expose Go methods/functions to the frontend via a single bind command
 - Uses native rendering engines - no embedded browser
 - Shared events system
@@ -23,11 +27,15 @@ The traditional method of providing web interfaces to Go programs is via a built
 - Powerful cli tool
 - Multiplatform
 
+## Project Status
+
+Wails is currently in Beta. Please make sure you read the [Project Status](https://wails.app/project_status.html) if you are interested in using this project.
+
 ## Installation
 
 Wails uses cgo to bind to the native rendering engines so a number of platform dependent libraries are needed as well as an installation of Go. The basic requirements are:
 
-- Go 1.11 or above
+- Go 1.12
 - npm
 
 ### MacOS
@@ -38,10 +46,18 @@ Make sure you have the xcode command line tools installed. This can be done by r
 
 ### Linux
 
-#### Ubuntu 18.04
+#### Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9
 
 `sudo apt install pkg-config build-essential libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev`
 
+#### Arch Linux
+
+`sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk gtk3`
+
+#### Red Hat Based Distros
+
+`sudo yum install webkit2gtk-devel gtk3-devel`
+
 Note: If you have successfully installed these dependencies on a different flavour of Linux, please consider submitting a PR.
 
 ### Windows
@@ -50,10 +66,12 @@ Windows requires gcc and related tooling. The recommended download is from [http
 
 ## Installation
 
+**Ensure Go modules are enabled: GO111MODULE=on and go/bin is in your PATH variable.**
+
 Installation is as simple as running the following command:
 
 <pre style='color:white'>
-go get -u github.com/wailsapp/wails/cmd/wails
+go get github.com/wailsapp/wails/cmd/wails
 </pre>
 
 ## Next Steps
@@ -68,17 +86,39 @@ It is recommended at this stage to read the comprehensive documentation at [http
 
  * Who is this project aimed at?
 
-   Go programmers who want to bundle an HMTL frontend with their applications, without resorting to creating a server and opening a browser to view it.
+   Go programmers who want to bundle an HTML/JS/CSS frontend with their applications, without resorting to creating a server and opening a browser to view it.
+
+ * What's with the name?
+
+   When I saw WebView, I thought "What I really want is tooling around building a WebView app, a bit like Rails is to Ruby". So initially it was a play on words (Webview on Rails). It just so happened to also be a homophone of the English name for the [Country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales) I am from. So it stuck.
 
 ## Shoulders of Giants
 
 Without the following people, this project would never have existed:
 
-  * [Dustin Krysak](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bashfulrobot) - His support and feedback has been immense. More patience than you can throw a stick at.
+  * [Dustin Krysak](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bashfulrobot) - His support and feedback has been immense. More patience than you can throw a stick at (Not long now Dustin!).
   * [Serge Zaitsev](https://github.com/zserge) - Creator of [Webview](https://github.com/zserge/webview) which Wails uses for the windowing.
 
+And without [these people](CONTRIBUTORS.md), it wouldn't be what it is today. A huge thank you to each and every one of you!
+
 Special Mentions:
 
-  * [Bill Kennedy](https://twitter.com/goinggodotnet) - Go guru, encourager and all-round nice guy, whose energy and inspiration powered me on when I had none left.
-  * [Mark Bates](https://github.com/markbates) - Creator of [Packr](https://github.com/gobuffalo/packr), inspiration for packing strategies.
+  * [Bill Kennedy](https://twitter.com/goinggodotnet) - Go guru, encourager and all-round nice guy, whose infectious energy and inspiration powered me on when I had none left.
+  * [Mark Bates](https://github.com/markbates) - Creator of [Packr](https://github.com/gobuffalo/packr), inspiration for packing strategies which fed into some of the tooling.
+
+This project was mainly coded to the following albums:
+
+  * [Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile](https://open.spotify.com/album/1R2rsEUqXjIvAbzM0yHrxA)
+  * [Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours](https://open.spotify.com/album/4VzCL9kjhgGQeKCiojK1YN)
+  * [The Midnight - Endless Summer](https://open.spotify.com/album/4Krg8zvprquh7TVn9OxZn8)
+  * [Gary Newman - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)](https://open.spotify.com/album/3kMfsD07Q32HRWKRrpcexr)
+  * [Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare](https://open.spotify.com/album/0oL0OhrE2rYVns4IGj8h2m)
+  * [Ben Howard - Every Kingdom](https://open.spotify.com/album/1nJsbWm3Yy2DW1KIc1OKle)
+  * [Ben Howard - Noonday Dream](https://open.spotify.com/album/6astw05cTiXEc2OvyByaPs)
+  * [Adwaith - Melyn](https://open.spotify.com/album/2vBE40Rp60tl7rNqIZjaXM)
+  * [Gwidaith Hen Fran - Cedors Hen Wrach](https://open.spotify.com/album/3v2hrfNGINPLuDP0YDTOjm)
+  * [Metallica - Metallica](https://open.spotify.com/album/2Kh43m04B1UkVcpcRa1Zug)
+  * [Bloc Party - Silent Alarm](https://open.spotify.com/album/6SsIdN05HQg2GwYLfXuzLB)
+  * [Maxthor - Another World](https://open.spotify.com/album/3tklE2Fgw1hCIUstIwPBJF)
+  * [Alun Tan Lan - Y Distawrwydd](https://open.spotify.com/album/0c32OywcLpdJCWWMC6vB8v)
 

app.go

@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ type App struct {
 	bindingManager *bindingManager // Handles binding of Go code to renderer
 	eventManager   *eventManager   // Handles all the events
 	runtime        *Runtime        // The runtime object for registered structs
-
-	// This is a list of all the JS/CSS that needs injecting
-	// It will get injected in order
-	jsCache  []string
-	cssCache []string
 }
 
 // CreateApp creates the application window with the given configuration
@@ -70,7 +65,11 @@ func (a *App) Run() error {
 	}
 
 	a.logLevel = "error"
-	return a.start()
+	err := a.start()
+	if err != nil {
+		a.log.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func (a *App) start() error {
@@ -107,16 +106,8 @@ func (a *App) start() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Inject CSS
-	a.renderer.AddCSSList(a.cssCache)
-
-	// Inject JS
-	a.renderer.AddJSList(a.jsCache)
-
 	// Run the renderer
-	a.renderer.Run()
-
-	return nil
+	return a.renderer.Run()
 }
 
 // Bind allows the user to bind the given object
@@ -124,15 +115,3 @@ func (a *App) start() error {
 func (a *App) Bind(object interface{}) {
 	a.bindingManager.bind(object)
 }
-
-// AddJS adds a piece of Javascript to a cache that
-// gets injected at runtime
-func (a *App) AddJS(js string) {
-	a.jsCache = append(a.jsCache, js)
-}
-
-// AddCSS adds a CSS string to a cache that
-// gets injected at runtime
-func (a *App) AddCSS(js string) {
-	a.cssCache = append(a.cssCache, js)
-}

app_config.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (a *AppConfig) merge(in *AppConfig) error {
 		a.HTML = strings.TrimSpace(inlineHTML)
 
 		// Deduce whether this is a full html page or a fragment
-		// The document is determined to be a fragment if an HMTL
+		// The document is determined to be a fragment if an HTML
 		// tag exists and is located before the first div tag
 		HTMLTagIndex := strings.Index(a.HTML, "<html")
 		DivTagIndex := strings.Index(a.HTML, "<div")

binding_internal.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package wails
+
+import "strings"
+import "fmt"
+
+type internalMethods struct{
+	log *CustomLogger
+	browser *RuntimeBrowser
+}
+
+func newInternalMethods() *internalMethods {
+	return &internalMethods{
+		log: newCustomLogger("InternalCall"),
+		browser: newRuntimeBrowser(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (i *internalMethods) processCall(callData *callData) (interface{}, error) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(callData.BindingName, ".wails.") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid call signature '%s'", callData.BindingName)
+	}
+
+	// Strip prefix
+	var splitCall = strings.Split(callData.BindingName,".")[2:]
+	if len(splitCall) != 2 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid call signature '%s'", callData.BindingName)
+	}
+
+	group := splitCall[0]
+	switch group {
+	case "Browser":
+		return i.processBrowserCommand(splitCall[1], callData.Data)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown internal command group '%s'", group)
+	}
+}
+
+func (i *internalMethods) processBrowserCommand(command string, data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	switch command {
+	case "OpenURL": 
+		url := data.(string)
+		// Strip string quotes. Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44222648
+		if url[0] == '"' {
+			url = url[1:]
+		}
+		if i := len(url)-1; url[i] == '"' {
+				url = url[:i]
+		}
+		i.log.Debugf("Calling Browser.OpenURL with '%s'", url)
+		return nil, i.browser.OpenURL(url)
+	case "OpenFile":
+		filename := data.(string)
+		// Strip string quotes. Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44222648
+		if filename[0] == '"' {
+			filename = filename[1:]
+		}
+		if i := len(filename)-1; filename[i] == '"' {
+				filename = filename[:i]
+		}
+		i.log.Debugf("Calling Browser.OpenFile with '%s'", filename)
+		return nil, i.browser.OpenFile(filename)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown Browser command '%s'", command)
+	}
+}

binding_manager.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ binding:
 type bindingManager struct {
 	methods          map[string]*boundMethod
 	functions        map[string]*boundFunction
+	internalMethods  *internalMethods
 	initMethods      []*boundMethod
 	log              *CustomLogger
 	renderer         Renderer
@@ -27,9 +28,10 @@ type bindingManager struct {
 
 func newBindingManager() *bindingManager {
 	result := &bindingManager{
-		methods:   make(map[string]*boundMethod),
-		functions: make(map[string]*boundFunction),
-		log:       newCustomLogger("Bind"),
+		methods:         make(map[string]*boundMethod),
+		functions:       make(map[string]*boundFunction),
+		log:             newCustomLogger("Bind"),
+		internalMethods: newInternalMethods(),
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -163,6 +165,11 @@ func (b *bindingManager) bind(object interface{}) {
 	b.objectsToBind = append(b.objectsToBind, object)
 }
 
+func (b *bindingManager) processInternalCall(callData *callData) (interface{}, error) {
+	// Strip prefix
+	return b.internalMethods.processCall(callData)
+}
+
 func (b *bindingManager) processFunctionCall(callData *callData) (interface{}, error) {
 	// Return values
 	var result []reflect.Value
@@ -254,6 +261,8 @@ func (b *bindingManager) processCall(callData *callData) (result interface{}, er
 		result, err = b.processFunctionCall(callData)
 	case 2:
 		result, err = b.processMethodCall(callData)
+	case 3:
+		result, err = b.processInternalCall(callData)
 	default:
 		result = nil
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Invalid binding name '%s'", callData.BindingName)

cmd/cli.go

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ type Command struct {
 	flagCount         int
 	log               *Logger
 	helpFlag          bool
+	hidden            bool
 }
 
 // NewCommand creates a new Command
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ func NewCommand(name string, description string, app *Cli, parentCommandPath str
 		SubCommandsMap:   make(map[string]*Command),
 		App:              app,
 		log:              NewLogger(),
+		hidden:           false,
 	}
 
 	// Set up command path
@@ -212,6 +214,9 @@ func (c *Command) PrintHelp() {
 		c.log.White("Available commands:")
 		fmt.Println("")
 		for _, subcommand := range c.SubCommands {
+			if subcommand.isHidden() {
+				continue
+			}
 			spacer := strings.Repeat(" ", 3+c.longestSubcommand-len(subcommand.Name))
 			isDefault := ""
 			if subcommand.isDefaultCommand() {
@@ -237,6 +242,16 @@ func (c *Command) isDefaultCommand() bool {
 	return c.App.defaultCommand == c
 }
 
+// isHidden returns true if the command is a hidden command
+func (c *Command) isHidden() bool {
+	return c.hidden
+}
+
+// Hidden hides the command from the Help system
+func (c *Command) Hidden() {
+	c.hidden = true
+}
+
 // Command - Defines a subcommand
 func (c *Command) Command(name, description string) *Command {
 	result := NewCommand(name, description, c.App, c.CommandPath)

cmd/fs.go

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/leaanthony/slicer"
 )
 
 // FSHelper - Wrapper struct for File System utility commands
@@ -104,11 +110,33 @@ func (fs *FSHelper) RemoveFiles(files []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Dir holds information about a directory
+type Dir struct {
+	localPath string
+	fullPath  string
+}
+
+// Directory creates a new Dir struct with the given directory path
+func (fs *FSHelper) Directory(dir string) (*Dir, error) {
+	fullPath, err := filepath.Abs(dir)
+	return &Dir{fullPath: fullPath}, err
+}
+
+// LocalDir creates a new Dir struct based on a path relative to the caller
+func (fs *FSHelper) LocalDir(dir string) (*Dir, error) {
+	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
+	fullPath, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(path.Dir(filename), dir))
+	return &Dir{
+		localPath: dir,
+		fullPath:  fullPath,
+	}, err
+}
+
 // GetSubdirs will return a list of FQPs to subdirectories in the given directory
-func (fs *FSHelper) GetSubdirs(dir string) (map[string]string, error) {
+func (d *Dir) GetSubdirs() (map[string]string, error) {
 
 	// Read in the directory information
-	fileInfo, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+	fileInfo, err := ioutil.ReadDir(d.fullPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -120,25 +148,65 @@ func (fs *FSHelper) GetSubdirs(dir string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	// map["directoryName"] = "path/to/directoryName"
 	for _, file := range fileInfo {
 		if file.IsDir() {
-			subdirs[file.Name()] = filepath.Join(dir, file.Name())
+			subdirs[file.Name()] = filepath.Join(d.fullPath, file.Name())
 		}
 	}
 	return subdirs, nil
 }
 
+// GetAllFilenames returns all filename in and below this directory
+func (d *Dir) GetAllFilenames() (*slicer.StringSlicer, error) {
+	result := slicer.String()
+	err := filepath.Walk(d.fullPath, func(dir string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if dir == d.fullPath {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Don't copy template metadata
+		result.Add(dir)
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	return result, err
+}
+
 // MkDir creates the given directory.
 // Returns error on failure
 func (fs *FSHelper) MkDir(dir string) error {
 	return os.Mkdir(dir, 0700)
 }
 
+// SaveAsJSON saves the JSON representation of the given data to the given filename
+func (fs *FSHelper) SaveAsJSON(data interface{}, filename string) error {
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	e := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	e.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	e.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	e.Encode(data)
+
+	err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, buf.Bytes(), 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // LoadAsString will attempt to load the given file and return
 // its contents as a string
 func (fs *FSHelper) LoadAsString(filename string) (string, error) {
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	bytes, err := fs.LoadAsBytes(filename)
 	return string(bytes), err
 }
 
+// LoadAsBytes returns the contents of the file as a byte slice
+func (fs *FSHelper) LoadAsBytes(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+}
+
 // FileMD5 returns the md5sum of the given file
 func (fs *FSHelper) FileMD5(filename string) (string, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(filename)

cmd/github.go

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+// GitHubHelper is a utility class for interacting with GitHub
+type GitHubHelper struct {
+}
+
+// NewGitHubHelper returns a new GitHub Helper
+func NewGitHubHelper() *GitHubHelper {
+	return &GitHubHelper{}
+}
+
+// GetVersionTags gets the list of tags on the Wails repo
+// It retuns a list of sorted tags in descending order
+func (g *GitHubHelper) GetVersionTags() ([]*SemanticVersion, error) {
+
+	result := []*SemanticVersion{}
+	var err error
+
+	resp, err := http.Get("https://api.github.com/repos/wailsapp/wails/tags")
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	data := []map[string]interface{}{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	// Convert tag data to Version structs
+	for _, tag := range data {
+		version := tag["name"].(string)
+		semver, err := NewSemanticVersion(version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+		result = append(result, semver)
+	}
+
+	// Reverse Sort
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(SemverCollection(result)))
+
+	return result, err
+}
+
+// GetLatestStableRelease gets the latest stable release on GitHub
+func (g *GitHubHelper) GetLatestStableRelease() (result *SemanticVersion, err error) {
+
+	tags, err := g.GetVersionTags()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		if tag.IsRelease() {
+			return tag, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no release tag found")
+}
+
+// GetLatestPreRelease gets the latest prerelease on GitHub
+func (g *GitHubHelper) GetLatestPreRelease() (result *SemanticVersion, err error) {
+
+	tags, err := g.GetVersionTags()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		if tag.IsPreRelease() {
+			return tag, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no prerelease tag found")
+}
+
+// IsValidTag returns true if the given string is a valid tag
+func (g *GitHubHelper) IsValidTag(tagVersion string) (bool, error) {
+	if tagVersion[0] == 'v' {
+		tagVersion = tagVersion[1:]
+	}
+	tags, err := g.GetVersionTags()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		if tag.String() == tagVersion {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}

cmd/helpers.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func ValidateFrontendConfig(projectOptions *ProjectOptions) error {
 
 // InstallGoDependencies will run go get in the current directory
 func InstallGoDependencies() error {
-	depSpinner := spinner.New("Installing Dependencies...")
+	depSpinner := spinner.New("Ensuring Dependencies are up to date...")
 	depSpinner.SetSpinSpeed(50)
 	depSpinner.Start()
 	err := NewProgramHelper().RunCommand("go get")
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func BuildApplication(binaryName string, forceRebuild bool, buildMode string, pa
 		// Ignore errors
 		buildCommand.Add("-i")
 	}
+
 	buildCommand.Add("build")
 
 	if binaryName != "" {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ func BuildApplication(binaryName string, forceRebuild bool, buildMode string, pa
 	return nil
 }
 
-// PackageApplication will attempt to package the application in a pltform dependent way
+// PackageApplication will attempt to package the application in a platform dependent way
 func PackageApplication(projectOptions *ProjectOptions) error {
 	// Package app
 	message := "Generating .app"
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func InstallFrontendDeps(projectDir string, projectOptions *ProjectOptions, forc
 	}
 
 	// Check if frontend deps have been updated
-	feSpinner := spinner.New("Installing frontend dependencies (This may take a while)...")
+	feSpinner := spinner.New("Ensuring frontend dependencies are up to date (This may take a while)")
 	feSpinner.SetSpinSpeed(50)
 	feSpinner.Start()
 
@@ -248,6 +249,22 @@ func InstallFrontendDeps(projectDir string, projectOptions *ProjectOptions, forc
 		ioutil.WriteFile(md5sumFile, []byte(packageJSONMD5), 0644)
 	}
 
+	// Install the bridge library
+	err = InstallBridge(caller, projectDir, projectOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Build frontend
+	err = BuildFrontend(projectOptions.FrontEnd.Build)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// InstallBridge installs the relevant bridge javascript library
+func InstallBridge(caller string, projectDir string, projectOptions *ProjectOptions) error {
 	bridgeFile := "wailsbridge.prod.js"
 	if caller == "serve" {
 		bridgeFile = "wailsbridge.js"
@@ -257,13 +274,7 @@ func InstallFrontendDeps(projectDir string, projectOptions *ProjectOptions, forc
 	bridgeAssets := mewn.Group("../wailsruntimeassets/bridge/")
 	bridgeFileData := bridgeAssets.Bytes(bridgeFile)
 	bridgeFileTarget := filepath.Join(projectDir, projectOptions.FrontEnd.Dir, projectOptions.FrontEnd.Bridge, "wailsbridge.js")
-	err = fs.CreateFile(bridgeFileTarget, bridgeFileData)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Build frontend
-	err = BuildFrontend(projectOptions.FrontEnd.Build)
+	err := fs.CreateFile(bridgeFileTarget, bridgeFileData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

cmd/linux.go

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/browser"
 )
 
 // LinuxDistribution is of type int
@@ -10,9 +16,15 @@ type LinuxDistribution int
 
 const (
 	// Unknown is the catch-all distro
-	Unknown LinuxDistribution = 0
+	Unknown LinuxDistribution = iota
 	// Ubuntu distribution
-	Ubuntu LinuxDistribution = 1
+	Ubuntu
+	// Arch linux distribution
+	Arch
+	// RedHat linux distribution
+	RedHat
+	// Debian distribution
+	Debian
 )
 
 // DistroInfo contains all the information relating to a linux distribution
@@ -22,6 +34,7 @@ type DistroInfo struct {
 	Release       string
 	Codename      string
 	DistributorID string
+	DiscoveredBy  string
 }
 
 // GetLinuxDistroInfo returns information about the running linux distribution
@@ -36,7 +49,7 @@ func GetLinuxDistroInfo() *DistroInfo {
 		if err != nil {
 			return result
 		}
-
+		result.DiscoveredBy = "lsb"
 		for _, line := range strings.Split(stdout, "\n") {
 			if strings.Contains(line, ":") {
 				// Iterate lines a
@@ -49,6 +62,10 @@ func GetLinuxDistroInfo() *DistroInfo {
 					switch value {
 					case "Ubuntu":
 						result.Distribution = Ubuntu
+					case "Arch", "ManjaroLinux":
+						result.Distribution = Arch
+					case "Debian":
+						result.Distribution = Debian
 					}
 				case "Description":
 					result.Description = value
@@ -56,11 +73,50 @@ func GetLinuxDistroInfo() *DistroInfo {
 					result.Release = value
 				case "Codename":
 					result.Codename = value
-
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		// check if /etc/os-release exists
+	} else if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/os-release"); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		// Default value
+		osName := "Unknown"
+		version := ""
+		// read /etc/os-release
+		osRelease, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/os-release")
+		// Split into lines
+		lines := strings.Split(string(osRelease), "\n")
+		// Iterate lines
+		for _, line := range lines {
+			// Split each line by the equals char
+			splitLine := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
+			// Check we have
+			if len(splitLine) != 2 {
+				continue
+			}
+			switch splitLine[0] {
+			case "NAME":
+				osName = strings.Trim(splitLine[1], "\"")
+			case "VERSION_ID":
+				version = strings.Trim(splitLine[1], "\"")
+			}
 
+		}
+		// Check distro name against list of distros
+		result.Release = version
+		result.DiscoveredBy = "os-release"
+		switch osName {
+		case "Fedora":
+			result.Distribution = RedHat
+		case "CentOS":
+			result.Distribution = RedHat
+		case "Arch Linux":
+			result.Distribution = Arch
+		case "Debian GNU/Linux":
+			result.Distribution = Debian
+		default:
+			result.Distribution = Unknown
+			result.DistributorID = osName
+		}
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -75,3 +131,67 @@ func DpkgInstalled(packageName string) (bool, error) {
 	_, _, exitCode, _ := dpkg.Run("-L", packageName)
 	return exitCode == 0, nil
 }
+
+// PacmanInstalled uses pacman to see if a package is installed.
+func PacmanInstalled(packageName string) (bool, error) {
+	program := NewProgramHelper()
+	pacman := program.FindProgram("pacman")
+	if pacman == nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot check dependencies: pacman not found")
+	}
+	_, _, exitCode, _ := pacman.Run("-Qs", packageName)
+	return exitCode == 0, nil
+}
+
+// RpmInstalled uses rpm to see if a package is installed
+func RpmInstalled(packageName string) (bool, error) {
+	program := NewProgramHelper()
+	rpm := program.FindProgram("rpm")
+	if rpm == nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot check dependencies: rpm not found")
+	}
+	_, _, exitCode, _ := rpm.Run("--query", packageName)
+	return exitCode == 0, nil
+}
+
+// RequestSupportForDistribution promts the user to submit a request to support their
+// currently unsupported distribution
+func RequestSupportForDistribution(distroInfo *DistroInfo, libraryName string) error {
+	var logger = NewLogger()
+	defaultError := fmt.Errorf("unable to check libraries on distribution '%s'. Please ensure that the '%s' equivalent is installed", distroInfo.DistributorID, libraryName)
+
+	logger.Yellow("Distribution '%s' is not currently supported, but we would love to!", distroInfo.DistributorID)
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("Would you like to submit a request to support distribution '%s'?", distroInfo.DistributorID)
+	result := Prompt(q, "yes")
+	if strings.ToLower(result) != "yes" {
+		return defaultError
+	}
+
+	title := fmt.Sprintf("Support Distribution '%s'", distroInfo.DistributorID)
+
+	var str strings.Builder
+
+	gomodule, exists := os.LookupEnv("GO111MODULE")
+	if !exists {
+		gomodule = "(Not Set)"
+	}
+
+	str.WriteString("\n| Name   | Value |\n| ----- | ----- |\n")
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Wails Version | %s |\n", Version))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Go Version    | %s |\n", runtime.Version()))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Platform      | %s |\n", runtime.GOOS))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Arch          | %s |\n", runtime.GOARCH))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| GO111MODULE   | %s |\n", gomodule))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Distribution ID   | %s |\n", distroInfo.DistributorID))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Distribution Version   | %s |\n", distroInfo.Release))
+	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("| Discovered by   | %s |\n", distroInfo.DiscoveredBy))
+
+	body := fmt.Sprintf("**Description**\nDistribution '%s' is curently unsupported.\n\n**Further Information**\n\n%s\n\n*Please add any extra information here, EG: libraries that are needed to make the distribution work, or commands to install them*", distroInfo.DistributorID, str.String())
+	fullURL := "https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/issues/new?"
+	params := "title=" + title + "&body=" + body
+
+	fmt.Println("Opening browser to file request.")
+	browser.OpenURL(fullURL + url.PathEscape(params))
+	return nil
+
+}