Update: Adding packaging and publishing.

Author: jarrodek

.DS_Store

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
-build
 app/bower_components
+dist

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ const app = electron.app;
 const ipc = require('electron').ipcMain;
 const dialog = require('electron').dialog;
 const {ArcWindowsManager} = require('./scripts/windows-manager');
+const log = require('electron-log');
+const {autoUpdater} = require('electron-updater');
+autoUpdater.logger = log;
+autoUpdater.logger.transports.file.level = 'info';
+log.info('App starting...');
 
 class Arc {
   constructor() {
@@ -17,6 +22,7 @@ class Arc {
 
   _readyHandler() {
     this.wm.open();
+    autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
   }
   // Quits when all windows are closed.
   _allClosedHandler() {
@@ -31,6 +37,10 @@ class Arc {
       this.wm.open();
     }
   }
+
+  notifyWindows(type, ...args) {
+    this.wm.notifyAll(type, args);
+  }
 }
 
 const arcApp = new Arc();
@@ -57,3 +67,24 @@ ipc.on('new-window', function() {
 ipc.on('toggle-devtools', (event) => {
   event.sender.webContents.toggleDevTools();
 });
+
+// Auto updater
+autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
+  arcApp.notifyWindows('autoupdate-checking-for-update');
+});
+autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info) => {
+  arcApp.notifyWindows('autoupdate-update-available', info);
+});
+autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', (info) => {
+  arcApp.notifyWindows('autoupdate-update-not-available', info);
+});
+autoUpdater.on('error', (err) => {
+  arcApp.notifyWindows('autoupdate-error', err);
+});
+autoUpdater.on('download-progress', (progressObj) => {
+  arcApp.notifyWindows('autoupdate-download-progress', progressObj);
+});
+autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (info) => {
+  arcApp.notifyWindows('autoupdate-update-downloaded', info);
+  // autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+});

app/main.js

@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ class ArcWindowsManager {
   get hasWindow() {
     return this.windows.length > 0;
   }
+  /**
+   * Notifies all opened windows with event data.
+   *
+   * @param {String} type Event type (channel name)
+   * @param {?Array} args List of arguments.
+   */
+  notifyAll(type, args) {
+    this.windows.forEach(win => {
+      win.webContents.send(type, args);
+    });
+  }
 
   open(path) {
     var index = this.windows.length;

app/scripts/windows-manager.js

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Do not edit. File was generated by node-gyp's "configure" step
+{
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+    "default_configuration": "Release",
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+    "force_dynamic_crt": 0,
+    "host_arch": "x64",
+    "icu_data_file": "icudt59l.dat",
+    "icu_data_in": "../../deps/icu-small/source/data/in/icudt59l.dat",
+    "icu_endianness": "l",
+    "icu_gyp_path": "tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp",
+    "icu_locales": "en,root",
+    "icu_path": "deps/icu-small",
+    "icu_small": "true",
+    "icu_ver_major": "59",
+    "llvm_version": 0,
+    "node_byteorder": "little",
+    "node_enable_d8": "false",
+    "node_enable_v8_vtunejit": "false",
+    "node_install_npm": "true",
+    "node_module_version": 57,
+    "node_no_browser_globals": "false",
+    "node_prefix": "/usr/local",
+    "node_release_urlbase": "https://nodejs.org/download/release/",
+    "node_shared": "false",
+    "node_shared_cares": "false",
+    "node_shared_http_parser": "false",
+    "node_shared_libuv": "false",
+    "node_shared_openssl": "false",
+    "node_shared_zlib": "false",
+    "node_tag": "",
+    "node_use_bundled_v8": "true",
+    "node_use_dtrace": "true",
+    "node_use_etw": "false",
+    "node_use_lttng": "false",
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+    "node_use_perfctr": "false",
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+    "node_without_node_options": "false",
+    "openssl_fips": "",
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+    "shlib_suffix": "57.dylib",
+    "target_arch": "x64",
+    "uv_parent_path": "/deps/uv/",
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+    "v8_use_snapshot": "true",
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+    "xcode_version": "7.0",
+    "nodedir": "/Users/pawelpsztyc/.node-gyp/8.5.0",
+    "standalone_static_library": 1
+  }
+}