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# RainWidget Documentation

## What is RainWidget？

RainWidget is a powerful widget engine based on Chrome Core that allow you create stunning smooth animations widgets using the latest web technologies(JS HTML5 CSS3) for your desktop .  You can easy download and share widgets one-click via build-in online widget gallary.

## Why uses RainWidget？

RainWidget based on the powerful Chrome Browser Core and V8 JavaScript Engine, so you can use the last web technologies  to place HTML5/CSS3 and javascript straight on your desktop. So RainWidget having the power to put any complex web application straight on your desktop quickly.  

You can build a widget anyway you like, You even be able to port any existing web widget and with a bit of tweaking it should just work .

## How to build widget?

The core of a widget is an HTML page where you define the location of the CSS, create any required divs and then call your javascript logic. You can get data from build-in measure components and bind data to HTML elements.