You can get debug messages from this package by running with the environment variable DEBUG=electron-windows-installer:main e.g. Currently, Electron Packager uses node-rcedit to accomplish this. Building Windows apps from non-Windows platforms Building an Electron app for the Windows target platform requires editing the Electron.exe file. Another thing to be aware of is that, since the app is spawned by squirrel and squirrel acquires a file lock during installation, you won't be able to successfully check for app updates till a few seconds later when squirrel releases the lock. npm install -save-dev electron-packager It is not recommended to install electron-packager globally. This allows you to do things like showing up a splash screen or presenting a settings UI. To get started with developing using the Electron, you need to have Node and npm(node package manager) installed. Notice that the first time the installer launches your app, your app will see a -squirrel-firstrun flag. npm i -D electron9.1.1 And we'll also install a package that will make it easy for us to detect if we're running in a development or production environment in our Electron app: npm i electron-is-dev1.2.0 Moving onto the second step, we're going to add a file to the public directory called electron.js to contain all of our Electron-related code. If you wish to test them in parallel, see the tips section below.// NB: Use this syntax within an async function, Node does not have support for // top-level await as of Node 12. Another one is Proton Native which is a newer option thats gaining momentum. Its similar to Electron, but uses less memory so your desktop app will run faster. Install jest electron runner with npm i -save-dev one of these lines to your jest config (in package.json or inside your file), depending on the process you wish to test. Yeah, there are some great alternatives to Electron that wont bog down your system resources One that comes to mind is NW.js. I simplified the project, converted it from Flow to TypeScript and made it compatible to Jest 27 and newer. This project is a fork of Facebook's which seems to be no longer maintained, was archived on Github and is not working with newer Jest versions. full access to a browser environment without the need for jsdom or similar modules.all electron instance modules (ipc, app, etc).A custom test runner for Jest that runs tests inside an electron main or renderer process providing the following benefits:

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