finish setup of electron app using vue & router

frontend/.gitignore

@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ pnpm-debug.log*
 *.njsproj
 *.sln
 *.sw?
+
+#Electron-builder output
+/dist_electron

frontend/package.json

@@ -5,10 +5,16 @@
   "scripts": {
     "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
     "build": "vue-cli-service build",
-    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint"
+    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
+    "electron:build": "vue-cli-service electron:build",
+    "electron:serve": "vue-cli-service electron:serve",
+    "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps",
+    "postuninstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps"
   },
+  "main": "background.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "core-js": "^3.8.3",
+    "electron": "^24.3.1",
     "vue": "^3.2.13",
     "vue-router": "^4.0.3"
   },
@@ -19,7 +25,9 @@
     "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~5.0.0",
     "@vue/cli-plugin-router": "~5.0.0",
     "@vue/cli-service": "~5.0.0",
+    "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.1.0",
     "eslint": "^7.32.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3"
+    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3",
+    "vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder": "~2.1.1"
   }
 }

frontend/src/background.js

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+'use strict'
+
+import { app, protocol, BrowserWindow } from 'electron'
+import { createProtocol } from 'vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/lib'
+import installExtension, { VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS } from 'electron-devtools-installer'
+const isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+
+// Scheme must be registered before the app is ready
+protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged([
+  { scheme: 'app', privileges: { secure: true, standard: true } }
+])
+
+async function createWindow() {
+  // Create the browser window.
+  const win = new BrowserWindow({
+    width: 800,
+    height: 600,
+    webPreferences: {
+      
+      // Use pluginOptions.nodeIntegration, leave this alone
+      // See nklayman.github.io/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/guide/security.html#node-integration for more info
+      nodeIntegration: process.env.ELECTRON_NODE_INTEGRATION,
+      contextIsolation: !process.env.ELECTRON_NODE_INTEGRATION
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (process.env.WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_URL) {
+    // Load the url of the dev server if in development mode
+    await win.loadURL(process.env.WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_URL)
+    if (!process.env.IS_TEST) win.webContents.openDevTools()
+  } else {
+    createProtocol('app')
+    // Load the index.html when not in development
+    win.loadURL('app://./index.html')
+  }
+}
+
+// Quit when all windows are closed.
+app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
+  // On macOS it is common for applications and their menu bar
+  // to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
+    app.quit()
+  }
+})
+
+app.on('activate', () => {
+  // On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
+  // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
+  if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
+})
+
+// This method will be called when Electron has finished
+// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
+// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
+app.on('ready', async () => {
+  if (isDevelopment && !process.env.IS_TEST) {
+    // Install Vue Devtools
+    try {
+      await installExtension(VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS)
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Vue Devtools failed to install:', e.toString())
+    }
+  }
+  createWindow()
+})
+
+// Exit cleanly on request from parent process in development mode.
+if (isDevelopment) {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    process.on('message', (data) => {
+      if (data === 'graceful-exit') {
+        app.quit()
+      }
+    })
+  } else {
+    process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+      app.quit()
+    })
+  }
+}

frontend/src/router/index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
+import { createRouter, createWebHistory, createWebHashHistory } from 'vue-router'
 import HomeView from '../views/HomeView.vue'
 
 const routes = [
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ const routes = [
 ]
 
 const router = createRouter({
-  history: createWebHistory(process.env.BASE_URL),
+  history: process.env.IS_ELECTRON ? createWebHashHistory() : createWebHistory(process.env.BASE_URL),
   routes
 })
 
+console.log( process.env.IS_ELECTRON );
+
 export default router