@electron-forge/maker-base

What is @electron-forge/maker-base?

@electron-forge/maker-base is a base class for creating makers in Electron Forge, which are responsible for packaging Electron applications into distributable formats.

What are @electron-forge/maker-base's main functionalities?

Creating a Custom Maker

This code demonstrates how to create a custom maker by extending the MakerBase class. The custom maker can implement its own logic for packaging an Electron application.

const { MakerBase } = require('@electron-forge/maker-base');

class MyCustomMaker extends MakerBase {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.name = 'my-custom-maker';
  }

  async make({ dir, appName, targetPlatform, targetArch }) {
    console.log(`Making ${appName} for ${targetPlatform} on ${targetArch}`);
    // Custom packaging logic here
  }
}

module.exports = MyCustomMaker;

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electron-packager

electron-packager is a tool for packaging Electron applications. It provides a straightforward way to create distributable versions of your app. Unlike @electron-forge/maker-base, which is a base class for creating custom makers, electron-packager is a complete solution for packaging.

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README

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Changelog

6.0.0-beta.45 (2019-09-05)

Build System / Dependencies

• pin now to a specific version to avoid bug (90b79c25)

Chores

• deps:
  • bump webpack-dev-middleware from 3.7.0 to 3.7.1 (#1137) (c9597b31)
  • bump @octokit/rest from 16.28.8 to 16.28.9 (#1135) (faac3fc4)
  • bump cross-spawn from 6.0.5 to 7.0.0 (#1133) (2a44e3da)
  • bump @octokit/rest from 16.28.7 to 16.28.8 (#1127) (15edf18a)
  • bump commander from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (#1126) (aa8ae615)
  • bump form-data from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 (#1121) (402a1ae6)
  • bump electron-packager from 14.0.4 to 14.0.5 (#1118) (d4a743a2)
  • bump webpack-merge from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 (#1116) (9bbc5204)
  • bump webpack from 4.39.2 to 4.39.3 (#1115) (43640225)
  • upgrade @electron/get to 1.5.0 (04021bb3)
  • [security] bump eslint-utils from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 (9ee48eef)
  • bump inquirer from 6.5.1 to 7.0.0 (#1106) (2466c5d6)
  • bump electron-rebuild from 1.8.5 to 1.8.6 (#1097) (17eedddb)
  • upgrade yarn-or-npm to ^3.0.1 (0a64ee36)
  • downgrade yarn-or-npm to ^2.0.4 due to a regression in 3.0.0 (10a83d8b)
  • upgrade cross-zip to 2.1.6 (4d1f83be)
  • bump webpack from 4.39.1 to 4.39.2 (#1092) (f2a507eb)
• deps-dev:
  • bump nodemon from 1.19.1 to 1.19.2 (#1136) (fcc9cca3)
  • bump @types/chai from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 (30f383f1)
  • bump @types/node from 12.7.3 to 12.7.4 (8ef109ab)
  • bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin (278a9ebe)
  • bump sinon from 7.4.1 to 7.4.2 (#1128) (2fd698b6)
  • bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (8a798dfc)
  • bump cross-env from 5.2.0 to 5.2.1 (8dd7a453)
  • bump eslint from 6.2.2 to 6.3.0 (#1125) (5a297d91)
  • bump @types/node from 12.7.2 to 12.7.3 (1ae253e4)
  • bump typescript from 3.5.3 to 3.6.2 (b9b08dd0)
  • bump eslint from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 (5bf51965)
  • bump @types/webpack from 4.39.0 to 4.39.1 (4c4e3d68)
  • upgrade to ESLint 6 and friends (#1104) (ef0b6630)
  • bump eslint-plugin-mocha from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0 (a2d04f4e)
  • bump @types/express from 4.17.0 to 4.17.1 (79df0c47)
  • bump @types/webpack from 4.32.1 to 4.39.0 (1b3ae033)
  • upgrade @types/node to 12.7.2 (f0aaba54)
  • upgrade rimraf to ^3.0.0 (2ee24d23)
  • bump proxyquire from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3 (#1091) (7eedab3e)
• add dependabolt GitHub Action workflow (#1123) (3b005088)
• replace coveralls with codecov (#1016) (b424380a)

Bug Fixes

• plugin-webpack: add missing debug level for webpack-dev-middleware (#1131) (2d9eaa12)
• core: only add stderr to exception if stderr exists (b6cbc378)

Tests

• core:
  • fix custom template tests (3cd44eb0)
  • fix calls to expectProjectPathExists (86ca42d4)