Electron React Webpack Typescript - Boilerplate 2021

ERWT is a minimal boilerplate for writing Desktop Applications using Electron, React, Webpack & TypeScript.
This project makes use of latest packages and configurations to serve the best environment for development.

Screenshot

Custom Window Titlebar & Menu

This project now includes custom Electron Window, Titlebar, Menu Items, Window Controls & application icon etc by default. Menu items and windows controls layout or colors can be customized easily by modifying the misc/window modules. The windows platform buttons are being used by default in the Titlebar.

Menubar can be toggled by pressing ALT key

Core Features

- 📐 Custom Window & Titlebar with Menus
- 🌟 Electron
- 🌀 TypeScript
- ⚛️ React
- 🛶 LESS Loader
- 🎨 CSS Loader
- 📸 Image Loader
- 🆎 Font Loader
- 🧹 ESLint
- 📦 Electron Forge
- 🔱 Webpack & Configuration
- 🧩 Aliases for project paths
- 🔥 Hot Module Replacement (Live Reload)
- 🎁 Package Bundling (Distribution / Release)

Installation

To clone the ERWT boilerplate, you need to run following commands:

!status

Master version of ERWT contains project files in separate context for main and renderer process, uses custom window, custom titlebar & menus.

``bash
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/codesbiome/electron-react-webpack-typescript-2021
`

!status

Minimal version of ERWT contains very simple project files structure, no custom window, no custom titlebar & menus.

`bash
git clone -b minimal https://github.com/codesbiome/electron-react-webpack-typescript-2021
`

Install dependencies using Yarn or NPM :

`bash
yarn install
`

Start : Development

To develop and run your application, you need to run following command.


Start electron application for development :

`bash
yarn start
`

Lint : Development

To lint application source code using ESLint via this command :

`bash
yarn lint
`

Package : Production

Customize and package your Electron app with OS-specific bundles (.app, .exe etc)

`bash
yarn package
`

Make : Production

Making is a way of taking your packaged application and making platform specific distributables like DMG, EXE, or Flatpak files (amongst others).

`bash
yarn make
`

Publish : Production

Publishing is a way of taking the artifacts generated by the make command and sending them to a service somewhere for you to distribute or use as updates. (This could be your update server or an S3 bucket)

`bash
yarn publish
`

Packager & Makers Configuration

This provides an easy way of configuring your packaged application and making platform specific distributables like DMG, EXE, or Flatpak files.

This configurations file is available in :

`bash
tools/forge/forge.config.js
``

For further information, you can visit Electron Forge Configuration