How to build front and backend for production

[RitchieP]

This is my first time building an app that is about to go into real production.

My application has the backend built right into the src folder. During development, I will run the frontend and backend manually in two different terminals.

Now that I want to package the whole application to be a production build, how should I configure electron-build or any configuration files needed so that when the user installs and runs the app, the backend and frontend will both run?

[alex8088]

This doesn't seem to work. You may need something like nestjs+electron. But I think you need to understand electron's process model first. You can run your service in the main process of electron, but this service must be based on nodejs.

[RitchieP]

Yes, my backend is based on NodeJS. Meaning that I will need to spawn my service in main process

[alex8088]

Yes, it can also be run directly in the electron main process.