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electron-runner
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#electron-runner
Simple wrapper around electron
package. Built on electron-quick-start
boilerplate, but it hides boilerplate code. It's meant to enable run JavaScript code in Electron without writing any electron specific code. You can run for example NodeJS application for purpose of debugging (using Chrome Dev Tools, for example).
Note: this package is running your code in renderer Electron process (to allow for access to DOM, dev tools etc.).
usage:
npm install --save-dev electron-runner
node_modules/.bin/electron-runner PATH_FOR_JS_FILE_YOU_WANT_TO_RUN
FAQs
Enables for running NodeJS apps in Electron.
The npm package electron-runner receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, electron-runner popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that electron-runner demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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