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OpenFin: A small example app using it

A little demo app to try out OpenFin. Overview, what does the final product look like? What tools will we use along the way? Where is the code? What exactly is OpenFin, and what problem is it trying to solve? Isnt this Electron? What are the important parts of OpenFin? A Demo Application, how to run the demo app Bundler Express Server Side code OpenFin Manifest File Launcher. What is this page designed to do? The Html The TypeScript Tiles. What is this page designed to do? The Html/React root component The TilesTypeScript Tiles Redux Workflow. What is this component designed to do? Blotter. What is this page designed to do? The Html/React root component The TilesTypeScript Chart. What is this page designed to do? The Html/React root component The TilesTypeScript Persisting State. Hand rolled solution Using the OpenFin Layouts API Debugging Conclusion. Overview, it has been a very long time since I wrote an article here at codeproject. I have been quite busy on my blog actually, so have been doing more there of late. Thing is I kind of heard about this technology years ago, and kind of knew what it did, but had never really used it. That technology is called OpenFin, whos strap line is OpenFin OS modernizes financial desktops, enabling instant distribution, strong security and application interoperability. It just so happens that I am in the business of writing trading apps, its kind of what I do. Those that know me, know that I used to use WPF a lot. Those days seem ages ago now. I dont really touch anything UI re