electron-watch

Automatically restart Electron app when the main process file is changed.

Installation

npm install electron-watch

Usage

For example,

package.json:

{
  //...
  "scripts": {
    "dev:electron-main": "cross-env NODE_ENV='development' electron -r babel-register ./app/renderer/",
  },
  //...
}
 

Adding code block to the main process file:

index.js:

import electron from 'electron';
import path from 'path';
 
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
  require('electron-watch')(
    __dirname,
    'dev:electron-main',             // npm scripts, means: npm run dev:electron-main
    path.join(__dirname, './'),      // cwd
    2000,                            // debounce delay
  );
}

OPTIONS

field	type	description
path	string	Paths to files, dirs to be watched recursively, or glob patterns.
command	string	npm script name, use this to start electron main process
cwd	string	Current working directory of the child process.
delay	Number	Delay (in ms) arguments of debounce, default is 3000ms

LICENSE

MIT @ Alchemy