File Converter

About this app

This Electron app is creted from scratch using the guides found at: https://electronjs.org/

The menu item and navigation is created based on the guide found at: https://www.christianengvall.se/electron-app-navigation/

This is created using only open source and free licens

Installation guide

• In order to make this project work, you need to have node.js installed. Install it via your terminal or from https://nodejs.org/en/
• Create a local path for the project and either clone the repository or download the zip (and unzip) file to that path.
• Navigate to the root folder of the project and run the command 'npm install' from your terminal (this will install all dependencies from the package.json file).
• Once the packages have been installed run the command 'npm start' from your terminal and the project will start up.

Basic architecture

This project is a minimalistic app created using Electron. It follows the conventions mentioned at https://electronjs.org/ for the basic setup.

• The main window creation and main process is handled from main.js.
• The container window for all the various elements is created in index.html
• All additional resources are located in the assets folder.
• • The sidebar (menu) logic is handled in the menu.js file.
• • All menu items have their own HTML file.

Windows .exe issue

There can be an issue (the app will open twice) with creating a new .exe file for Windows, when one already exists. It is recommended to delete the contents of the release folder, even though the script is set to overwrite the contents..