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Parker Hutchinson
Parker Hutchinson

Reputation: 1721

execute main.js from a sub directory

Why on earth can I not move my main.js file into a sub directory and have electron build from the that sub directory? for instance my file structure:

app
|_package.json
|_node_modules
|_src
  |_main.js
  |_index.html
  |_renderer.js
  |_...

My package.json:

"main":"main.js",
"scripts" : {
  "start": "electron ./src"
}

When I run start electron launches the intro screen("to start your application run ...") and not the application I created at ./src. Is there a package out there that allows for this to happen? is there something I'm missing in the package.json file?

Been a while since I posted to SO but this one got me stumped / its not clearly documented on Electron's site(you'd think it would be in architecture). I do see in the quickstart about file structure but it doesn't say I can't do as I illustrated above^ It's not really a big deal I just hate when Im forced into a specific file structure.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 3185

Answers (1)

user8022331
user8022331

Reputation:

The Electron application I am developing makes also use of a main.js file located in a sub-directory, and this is how it would be documented in your package.json file:

"main":"src/main.js",
"scripts" : {
  "start": "electron ."
}

I guess this is because npm needs the correct relative path of the startup script in package.json...

There may be also some relevant information in Writing Your First Electron App.

Upvotes: 10

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