AEBS - Another Electron Build Script
There are many packagers for Electron out there, and many of them have a very large development community. So why bother making another packaging tool?
Well, the answer to that is simple! I wanted something simple that I could expand as I need different functionality while I mess around with Electron.
Usage
This utility is meant to be installed as a global node package so it can be run from the command line.
aebs [command] <options>| Command | Functionality |
|---|---|
| create | Similar to the NPM Init command. This creates a new project and adds npm scripts for all of the build commands in this package. Also asks for some additional information for customizing the final electron builds |
| build | Packages the electron application into an asar file, asks the user for which version/architecture to use, and customizes the final build |
| clean | Empties the build directory |
| sassy | Compiles any files in the scss folder under the src directory of the project to the css folder |
| asar | Packages the electron application into a .asar file into the build directory |
With the build command, there is an option to specify a cache directory so that a zip file of the Electron release doesn't need to be redownloaded every time.
aebs create -c "/path/to/cache"Install Instructions
This package is currently available through the npm package manager.
npm -i aebs -gCreating a new Project
/parent/dir/of/new/project$:aebs create
<Answer Prompts>
/parent/dir/of/new/project$:cd ./project-name
/parent/dir/of/new/project$:npm install
/parent/dir/of/new/project$:npm run startNote
If using the sass (any .scss files in the sass directory) you must have sass installed globally so you can run sass from the command line.