electron-compile support

[dignifiedquire]

• Version: 7.11.3

• Target: all

I've just integrated my app with electron-prebuilt-compile which compiles various assets and JavaScript using babel. According to https://github.com/electron/electron-compile#how-can-i-precompile-my-code-for-release-time it works with electron-packager. I tried just running the build, but nothing gets build with the default setup of electron-builder.
Is there a way to get this integration working?

You can see the code here: https://github.com/ipfs/station/tree/better-build

[dignifiedquire]

Why was this closed? I never got any response and the problems I had are still standing.

[unindented]

@develar can you provide some guidance on what would be needed to get this working?

[develar]

@unindented I haven't yet investigate it. If you can provide error message — I can help you to fix it.

[aeneasr]

Is there currently no way of using electron-builder together with tools such as electron-compile? Other issues mention that this is out of scope, but I'd still like to get this working.

[develar]

@arekkas Just compile it using babel — http://electron-builder.slackarchive.io/general/I%252520just%252520discovered%252520that%252520I/

Awesome thanks! I just discovered that I can actually use babel-cli which does exactly the same and has —watch option too!
babel app/ --source-maps true --copy-files --out-dir build

[aeneasr]

@develar ok so your idea is to run babel on src, output to build, and change "main": "src/main/index.js" to e.g. "main": "build/main/index.js", in the package json?

ps: seems like electron-compile passes the ball to electron-builder, see electron-userland/electron-compile#99

[develar]

@arekkas Yes, as was reported by @pronebird.

seems like electron-compile passes the ball to electron-builder

We are going to support precompilation on our side soon.