electron-compile support

• Version: 7.11.3

• Target: all

I’ve just integrated my app with electron-prebuilt-compile which compiles various assets and JavaScript using babel. According to https://github.com/electron/electron-compile#how-can-i-precompile-my-code-for-release-time it works with electron-packager. I tried just running the build, but nothing gets build with the default setup of electron-builder. Is there a way to get this integration working?

You can see the code here: https://github.com/ipfs/station/tree/better-build

[develar]

Supported in the 16.0.0 — if electron-compile in your dependencies, all files will be transpiled on the fly. Currently, only supported if asar enabled (feel free to file issue to support if asar is disabled).

• warn will be printed if electron-compiler in the production dependencies — it should be in the dev.
• shim is not produced — because should be not produced 😃
• compilation on the fly — no temp or intermediate files, directly to asar archive.
• any compiler (including babel) can be added into the pipeline — feel free to file issue to support babel directly.

[aeneasr]

I see, thanks for pointing me at it. Thank you all for your work on this. At some point, it would probably be cool to have an overview of what to use when for what and how. For a newcomer to the electron ecosystem I have to say it’s a steep learning curve 😄