Electron Archive - Sommer IT Consulting

14. April 2018 Matthias Sommer

Two ways to react on the Electron ‘close’ event

I have an Electron application that needs to save some data when it’s closed by the user (e.g. just after the user clicked on the “Close” button). For this example, we want to store the resolution (width and height of the application in pixels) to a config file. The next

29. September 2017 Matthias Sommer

Write Automated Tests for Electron with Spectron, Mocha, and Chai

In this article, you will learn how to test your Electron-based desktop application with Mocha, Chai, and Spectron. You will learn how to set up the test environment and run automated integration or E2E tests with Spectron, Mocha, and Chai. Furthermore, a short introduction to CSS selectors is given.

19. July 2017 Matthias Sommer

How to include Node modules with Webpack

Webpack is a really convenient tool to bundle your application. However, its configuration can be problematic. Here is a solution to a common problem on how to correctly include Node.js modules, such as fs and path in your application.

3. June 2017 Matthias Sommer

Cross-Platform Apps mit Electron in HTML, CSS und JavaScript

In diesem Beitrag möchte ich euch einen Einstieg in die Entwicklung von Cross-Platform Apps mit Electron in HTML, CSS und JavaScript geben. Mit Electron könnt ihr Anwendungen für macOS, Windows und Linux erstellen.