Starting template application - "Error: Cannot find module 'app'"

[radhewro]

1. Downloaded "dist" zip
2. Unzipped
3. Opened terminal, cd to the folder "template-app"
4. Run "electron ."
5. Got an error: "Error: Cannot find module 'app'"

I've debuged in vs.code too, the first require("app") throws that exception.

Electron-prebuild is installed via npm/nvm.

What I'm doing wrong?

[scholtzm]

Seems like you are using Electron v1.x and template app uses older version of Electron APIs.

[radhewro]

Thank you.

[radhewro]

Ah, one more question: do you have any idea how to fix/workaround it?

[gadget00]

So far, you have to re-write the code of Photon so it complies with the new syntax of Electron 1.x

[scholtzm]

You could also use older version of Electron, but I would advise against that.

[radhewro]

Oh, sad...thank you all!

[zephyrzoom]

It also happend to me!

[arjunmenon]

Spent more than an hour to finding out the cause. Was actually frustrating. This seems like a common issue. Can the author put up a guide on re-writing the Photon to work with newer stable versions?

[sercheo87]

The error is solvent with replace the next section in file app.js

var app = require('app'); // Module to control application life. var BrowserWindow = require('browser-window'); // Module to create native browser window.

with

const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron');

[samuelyeshua]

117 This was solved in this pull request