Clone this repo, and install electron if you haven't already.
npm install electron-prebuilt -g
To run the app, cd into this repo and
npm start
app.js is the "main thread", entry.js is the "browser thread". I found this distinction to be odd, but w/e. It appears you can do everything you need to from the browser thread, plus you're in the window/DOM context. But you must have both.
Most examples I saw out there put the app menu (at the OS level) logic in the browser thread. I put in the main thread, saving on IPC calls.
Noteworthy from this example is calling spawn and fs from the browser thread.
npm start copies entry.js as is to public/bundle.js, a vestige of browserify bundling :`^D