Getting `cms vm list --output=json` command to work on Windows

[akshaygpt]

Receiving Error: spawn cms ENOENT error on the node shell that opens up when the execute button is pressed with/without a command.

[akshaygpt]

Findings: The spawn command from node's child-process is a bit buggy on Windows, apparently cross-spawn works better. So trying that out.

Using a virtual environment with cross-spawn did resolve the issue on Windows, so continuing with that.

Sources: 1 2

[akshaygpt]

The way renderer and main communicate has been fixed.

• The commands are sent from ipcRenderer.send() to ipcMain.on() using a string
• Passed from ipcMain.on() to exec using an object

• Received back to ipcRenderer.on() from event.sender.send as json

  Sample data passed to CloudmeshWrapper.exec():

  args = {
  cmsCommand: ['vm', 'list', '--output=json'],
  onStdout: (data) => {},
  onStderr: (err) => {}
  }

  Sources:

• ipc renderer
• ipc main

[akshaygpt]

Able to get the json data from cms vm list --output=json back to the UI and outputting it on the console. Next steps:

• Build functions which extract the right kind of data from this json: list of requirements
• Develop a UI around showing the data, probably using the design mocks from the last project