The best electron boilerplate you can have.
git clone https://github.com/chuyik/electron-boilerplate.git # Download this project
# Ignore this if you're not behind GFW
export ELECTRON_MIRROR=https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron/
cd electron-boilerplate # Switch directory
npm install # Install dependencies
gulp # Start application# Most Frequently Used
gulp dev # [default] Run the app in debugging mode (Reload automatically)
gulp run # Run the app in production mode
# Other available commands
gulp serve # Run the app in debugging mode (Reload with CMD+R/F5)
gulp prebuild # Package OSX app for predistribution (Mainly for preview)
gulp build # Package windows and OSX app for distribution
gulp sass # Compile SASS files-
Easy to use and distribute
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Flexiblze plugin based approach (Windows are managed as plugins)
You could create a new window by adding a folder in plugins directory and modifying settings in config.js
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Useful third-party plugins integration
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Built in pre-processing (SASS supported currently)
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Application Updater (Working on progress)
Remember to install asar via npm before you package the application for the first time.
You could run npm i asar -g, and then run gulp build.
After built, the dist files should be saved to output folder by default.
- Rewrite in ES6
- Separate source and compiled files (Increase the difficulty of being cracked)
- Application Updater