external "require('url')":1 Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined

@maximegris When i run npm run start:web to serve the app from the browser i am getting following error. It looks like chrome does not know how to interpret require('url') which is node module. the only place i can find this import is in webpack externals. Can you please point me into right direction?

external "require('url')":1 Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (external "require('url')":1)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap 151bbb78dee4aab80101:54)
    at Object.<anonymous> (client:2)
    at Object.<anonymous> (client?ffdb:204)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap 151bbb78dee4aab80101:54)
    at Object.<anonymous> (polyfills.bundle.js:5881)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap 151bbb78dee4aab80101:54)
    at webpackJsonpCallback (bootstrap 151bbb78dee4aab80101:25)
    at polyfills.bundle.js:1
14:57:33.753 core.es5.js:350 Uncaught reflect-metadata shim is required when using class decorators

[whyboris]

I had this problem happen recently when upgrading from Electron 4 to Electron 5.

Solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55093700/electron-5-0-0-uncaught-referenceerror-require-is-not-defined

It turns out, nodeIntegration was true by default in previous electron versions, but false by default in 5.0.0.

Setting nodeIntegration to true may fix your upgrade from Electron 4 to 5:

new BrowserWindow({
    webPreferences: {
      nodeIntegration: true,

[thomascayne]

@maximegris Great project. Thank you. This is my 3rd project with it.

I just cloned angular-electron to start a new project (3rd). The same error with require came up with npm start for only http://localhost:4200/ (as in my 2nd project which I never spent time to figure out. Now I did). npm start invokes both web & electron app. Which is the ideal scenario.

Also, running ng:serve produces the require error for only http://localhost:4200/.

The solution:

• Do not use ng:serve
• Do use: ng:serve:web

or change npm start to:

"start": "npm-run-all -p ng:serve:web electron:serve"

I suggest removing reference to ng:serve.