set up ipc between main and render process

zero-state for no collections now has functioning link to re-open the connect dialog.

Author: Thomas Rueckstiess

src/app.js

@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ var Application = View.extend({
       event.preventDefault();
       this.router.history.navigate(pathname);
     }
-  },
-  sendMessage: function(msg) {
-    ipc.send('message', msg);
-  },
-  onMessageReceived: function(msg) {
-    debug('message received from main process:', msg);
-    this.trigger(msg);
   }
 });
 
@@ -262,6 +255,13 @@ app.extend({
   isFeatureEnabled: function(id) {
     return FEATURES[id] === true;
   },
+  sendMessage: function(msg) {
+    ipc.send('message', msg);
+  },
+  onMessageReceived: function(msg) {
+    debug('message received from main process:', msg);
+    this.trigger(msg);
+  },
   init: function() {
     domReady(function() {
       state.render();
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ app.extend({
       });
     });
     // set up ipc
-    ipc.on('message', state.onMessageReceived.bind(this));
+    ipc.on('message', this.onMessageReceived.bind(this));
   },
   navigate: state.navigate.bind(state)
 });

src/electron/config/windows.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 /**
 * The outer dimensions to use for new windows.
 */
-exports.DEFAULT_WIDTH = 1024;
-exports.DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 700;
+exports.DEFAULT_WIDTH = 1280;
+exports.DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 800;
 
 /**
 * The outer window dimensions to use for new dialog

src/electron/index.js

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ if (!process.env.NODE_ENV) {
 // will be created in `/tmp/Compass`
 // (`~\AppData\Local\Temp\Compass` on Windows).
 require('./crash-reporter');
+var debug = require('debug')('electron:index');
 
 if (!require('electron-squirrel-startup')) {
   var app = require('app');
   var serverctl = require('./scout-server-ctl');
-  var debug = require('debug')('scout-electron');
 
   app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
     debug('All windows closed.  Quitting app.');

src/electron/window-manager.js

@@ -128,3 +128,9 @@ app.on('show connect dialog', function(opts) {
 app.on('ready', function() {
   app.emit('show connect dialog');
 });
+
+var ipc = require('ipc');
+ipc.on('message', function(event, msg) {
+  debug('message received in main process', msg);
+  app.emit(msg);
+});

src/home/index.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var HomeView = View.extend({
     app.instance.fetch();
   },
   onInstanceFetched: function() {
-    if(_.size(app.instance.collections) === 0) {
+    if (app.instance.collections.length === 0) {
       this.showNoCollectionsZeroState = true;
     } else {
       this.showDefaultZeroState = true;
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ var HomeView = View.extend({
   },
   onClickShowConnectWindow: function() {
     // code to close current connection window and open connect dialog
+    app.sendMessage('show connect dialog');
+    window.close();
   },
   template: require('./index.jade'),
   subviews: {