You need to use Electron Packager. Install it using: # for use in npm scripts npm install electron-packager –save-dev # for use from cli npm install electron-packager -g And package or deploy using: electron-packager <sourcedir> <appname> –platform=win32 –arch=x86_64 If you would like to keep it with the Electron Installation, see Application Distribution. Update : Above … Read more
use this! win = new BrowserWindow({show: false}); win.maximize(); win.show();
I actually figured it out a long time ago but for folks who encounter the same problem here is one way you could achieve minimizing to tray and restoring from tray. The trick is to catch the close and minimize events. var BrowserWindow = require(‘browser-window’), var mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 850, height: 450, title: … Read more
Electron doesn’t seem to use Node.js as a web server but merely as an environment to run background JavaScript code, this code can use node modules to access the system. At the same time Chromium provides a user interface for the app, it displays regular web pages that run usual sandboxed JavaScript. Both are being … Read more
For Electron version 12 and above const electron = require(“electron”); const { app, BrowserWindow } = electron; app.on(“ready”, () => { const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 1000, height: 600, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, contextIsolation: false, enableRemoteModule: true, }, }); mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/index.html`); });
You can package your program using electron-packager and then build a single setup EXE file using InnoSetup.
Electron has a page explaining the differences with nwjs. Like NW.js, Electron provides a platform to write desktop applications with web technologies. Both platforms enable developers to utilize HTML, JavaScript, and Node.js. On the surface, they seem very similar. There are however fundamental differences between the two projects that make Electron a completely separate product … Read more
Each platform has different default locations for different kinds of data. So, if you want to store data in default locations based on platform, check out app.getPath(name) It retrieves a path to a special directory or file associated with name. You can also use it to differentiate between data the user wants to save, and … Read more
DOM can not be accessed in the main process, only in the renderer that it belongs to. There is an ipc module, available on main process as well as the renderer process that allows the communication between these two via sync/async messages. You also can use the remote module to call main process API from … Read more
Edit 2022 I’ve published a larger post on the history of Electron (how security has changed throughout Electron versions) and additional security considerations Electron developers can make to ensure the preload file is being used correctly in new apps. Edit 2020 As another user asked, let me explain my answer below. The proper way to … Read more