it requires separate command to build / run / package app
running app in serve mode is tedious: 2 separate commands to run in parallel + 1 to run the app
packaged apps includes a not of unwanted files, bloating the resulting package
Some of these issues are related to the usage of electron-packager and could be resolved by changing to electron-builder with appropriate configuration as in #418 (the bloating), but the others would be simpler to tacker with a specific support for Electron in ngx-scripts, like how it's done for Cordova support.
Basically, it would be nice to mimic the Cordova workflow with something like 3 base scripts:
electron:run, electron:build and electron:clean with additional params to enable live-reload (--serve), skip rebuild (--fast) or target a specific platform (windows|mac|linux) for the build. The plumbing would then be done under the hood 😉
Related: https://github.com/ngx-rocket/generator-ngx-rocket/issues/418
Current Electron build is far from perfect:
Some of these issues are related to the usage of
electron-packagerand could be resolved by changing toelectron-builderwith appropriate configuration as in #418 (the bloating), but the others would be simpler to tacker with a specific support for Electron in ngx-scripts, like how it's done for Cordova support.Basically, it would be nice to mimic the Cordova workflow with something like 3 base scripts:
electron:run,electron:buildandelectron:cleanwith additional params to enable live-reload (--serve), skip rebuild (--fast) or target a specific platform (windows|mac|linux) for the build. The plumbing would then be done under the hood 😉