electron-webpack-quick-start

A bare minimum project structure to get started developing with electron-webpack.

Thanks to the power of electron-webpack this template comes packed with...

• 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
• Use of electron-builder to package and build a distributable electron application

Make sure to check out electron-webpack's documentation for more details.

Getting Started

Simply clone down this repository, install dependencies, and get started on your application.

create a directory of your choice, and copy template using curl

mkdir new-electron-webpack-project && cd new-electron-webpack-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

npm

### Development Scripts

```bash
# run application in development mode
npm  dev

# compile source code and create webpack output
npm compile

# `npm compile` & create build with electron-builder
npm dist

# `npm compile` & create unpacked build with electron-builder
npm dist:dir