Assignment work for the Compilers course at the Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Hungary. Made by Dombi Tibor Dávid (HL5U4V).
Currently, runs with:
- Angular v13.0.0
- Electron v16.0.0
Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/dombidav/compilers-assignment.git
Install dependencies with npm (used by Electron renderer process):
npm install
# or
yarn install
If you want to generate Angular components with Angular-cli , you MUST install @angular/cli
in npm global context.
Please follow Angular-cli documentation if you had installed a previous version of angular-cli
.
npm install -g @angular/cli
Install NodeJS dependencies with npm (used by Electron main process):
cd app
npm install
# or
yarn install
Why two package.json ? This project follow Electron Builder two package.json structure in order to optimize final bundle and be still able to use Angular ng add
feature.
- in a terminal window -> npm start
Voilà! You can use the app in a local development environment with hot reload!
Note: You can disable "Developer Tools" by commenting
win.webContents.openDevTools();
inapp/main.ts
.
Folder | Description |
---|---|
app | Electron main process folder (NodeJS) |
src | Electron renderer process folder (Web / Angular) |
This project runs in both modes (web and electron). To make this work, you have to import your dependencies the right way. \
There are two kind of 3rd party libraries :
- NodeJS's one - Uses NodeJS core module (crypto, fs, util...)
- I suggest you add this kind of 3rd party library in
dependencies
of bothapp/package.json
andpackage.json (root folder)
in order to make it work in both Electron's Main process (app folder) and Electron's Renderer process (src folder).
- I suggest you add this kind of 3rd party library in
Please check providers/electron.service.ts
to watch how conditional import of libraries has to be done when using NodeJS / 3rd party libraries in renderer context (i.e. Angular).
- Web's one (like bootstrap, material, tailwind...)
- It has to be added in
dependencies
ofpackage.json (root folder)
- It has to be added in
You may encounter some difficulties with ng-add
because this project doesn't use the defaults @angular-builders
.
For example you can find here how to install Angular-Material with ng-add
.
Maybe you only want to execute the application in the browser with hot reload? Just run npm run ng:serve:web
.
Command | Description |
---|---|
npm run ng:serve |
Execute the app in the browser |
npm run build |
Build the app. Your built files are in the /dist folder. |
npm run build:prod |
Build the app with Angular aot. Your built files are in the /dist folder. |
npm run electron:local |
Builds your application and start electron |
npm run electron:build |
Builds your application and creates an app consumable based on your operating system |
Your application is optimised. Only /dist folder and NodeJS dependencies are included in the final bundle.
Import your library in npm dependencies section of app/package.json
with npm install --save XXXXX
.
It will be loaded by electron during build phase and added to your final bundle.
Then use your library by importing it in app/main.ts
file. Quite simple, isn't it?
E2E Test scripts can be found in e2e
folder.
Command | Description |
---|---|
npm run e2e |
Execute end to end tests |
Note: To make it work behind a proxy, you can add this proxy exception in your terminal
export {no_proxy,NO_PROXY}="127.0.0.1,localhost"
VsCode debug configuration is available! In order to use it, you need the extension Debugger for Chrome.
Then set some breakpoints in your application's source code.
Finally, from VsCode press Ctrl+Shift+D and select Application Debug and press F5.
Please note that Hot reload is only available in Renderer process.