soup-in-boots/electron-webpack

Scripts and configurations to compile Electron applications using webpack

electron-webpack

Because setting up webpack in the electron environment shouldn't be difficult.

Overview

Modern web development practices today require a lot of setup with things like webpack to bundle your code, babel for transpiling, eslint for linting, and so much more that the list just goes on. Unfortunately when creating electron applications, all of that setup just became much more difficult. The primary aim of electron-webpack is to eliminate all preliminary setup with one simple install so you can get back to developing your application.

Why create a module and not a full boilerplate?

If you've been in the JavaScript world for even a short period of time, you are very aware that things are always changing, and development setup is no exclusion. Putting all development scripts into a single updatable module just makes sense. Sure a full featured boilerplate works too, but doing also involves needing to manually update those pesky webpack configuration files that some may call magic when something new comes out.

Here are some of the awesome features you'll find using electron-webpack...

• Detailed documentation
• Use of webpack for source code bundling
• Use of webpack-dev-server for development
• HMR for both renderer and main processes
• Use of @babel/preset-env that is automatically configured based on your electron version
• Ability to add custom webpack loaders, plugins, etc.
• Add-ons to support items like TypeScript, Less, EJS, etc.

Quick Start

Get started fast with electron-webpack-quick-start.

# create a directory of your choice, and copy template using curl
mkdir my-project && cd my-project
curl -fsSL https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack-quick-start/archive/master.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components 1

# or copy template using git clone
git clone https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack-quick-start.git
cd electron-webpack-quick-start
rm -rf .git

# install dependencies
yarn

If you already have an existing project, or are looking for a custom approach outside of the quick start template, make sure to read over the Core Concepts, Project Structure, and Development sections of electron-webpack's documentation.

Next Steps

Make sure to take advantage of the detailed documentation that electron-webpack provides. It covers everything from how things work internally, adding custom configurations, and building your application.