Tips on upgrading to Electron v5
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Hi All,
If you are building desktop apps then this is for you.
For upgrading from Electron < 5 to v5+ you will need to edit your
src-electron/main-process/main.js
at this location:mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 1000, height: 600, useContentSize: true, /********************** * ADD THE FOLLOWING: * **********************/ webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true } })
This is due to a breaking change in Electron v5 which disables node integration by default.
Enjoy!
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Thanks! I understand that one will have to change the dependency in the package.json to v5 manually in order to update from v4?
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@bjbk Yes. But please read the Electron release notes first. See if you really want the update and that you fully grasp the changes.
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@rstoenescu understood. Thank you!