ElectronScripts

Some projects with electron

How to install

1. Create a folder for electron projects.
2. Open command line and run npm init to create a package.json file.
3. Run npm install electron --save-dev --verbose to install electron into your code. (--verbose is to check the status of installation)
4. Open package.json and modify scripts to add start : "scripts": { "start": "electron .", "test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1" }
5. Run npm install electron-reload to view changes on reload itself.

What is what

1. You have a package.json file and node_modules installed using npm commands.
2. main.js is the start point of your app. This is what opens your html page as a webpage.
3. index.html and index.js are the frontend and the functionality logic files of your code respectively.

How to run the app

Run npm start on terminal to run the desktop app.

Packaging the electron app

Go to your project's directory

1. Run npm install -g electron-packager
2. Run "electron-packager . " -> . indicates that you are in your current directory.