Migrate to electron-vite and electron-builder

- Switch from deprecated Vue CLI plugin to `electron-vite` (see
  nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder#1982)
- Update main/preload scripts to use `index.cjs` filenames to support
  `"type": "module"`, resolving crash issue (#233). This crash was
  related to Electron not supporting ESM (see electron/asar#249,
  electron/electron#21457).
- This commit completes migration to Vite from Vue CLI (#230).

Structure changes:

- Introduce separate folders for Electron's main and preload processes.
- Move TypeHelpers to `src/` to mark tit as accessible by the rest of
  the code.

Config changes:

- Make `vite.config.ts` reusable by Electron configuration.
- On electron-builder, use `--publish` flag instead of `-p` for clarity.

Tests:

- Add log for preload script loading verification.
- Implement runtime environment sanity checks.
- Enhance logging in `check-desktop-runtime-errors`.

.github/workflows/checks.build.yaml

@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ jobs:
         name: Build
         run: npm run build -- --mode ${{ matrix.mode }}
 
-  # A new job is used due to environments/modes different from Vue CLI, https://github.com/nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/issues/1626
   build-desktop:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ macos, ubuntu, windows ]
-        mode: [ development, production ] # "test" is not supported https://github.com/nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/issues/1627
+        mode: [
+          # electron-vite modes: https://electron-vite.org/guide/env-and-mode.html#global-env-variables
+          development,  # Used by `dev` command
+          production,   # Used by `build` and `preview` commands
+        ]
       fail-fast: false # Allows to see results from other combinations
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     steps:
@@ -51,14 +54,11 @@ jobs:
         name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
       -
-        name: Install cross-env
-        # Used to set NODE_ENV due to https://github.com/nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/issues/1626
-        run: npm install --global cross-env
+        name: Prebuild
+        run: npm run electron:prebuild -- --mode ${{ matrix.mode }}
       -
         name: Build
-        run: |-  
-          cross-env-shell NODE_ENV=${{ matrix.mode }}
-          npm run electron:build -- --publish never --mode ${{ matrix.mode }}
+        run: npm run electron:build -- --publish never
 
   create-icons:
     strategy:

.github/workflows/release.desktop.yaml

@@ -13,20 +13,29 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # So publish runs for other OSes if one fails
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      -
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           ref: master # otherwise it defaults to the version tag missing bump commit
           fetch-depth: 0 # fetch all history
-      - name: Checkout to bump commit
+      -
+        name: Checkout to bump commit
         run: git checkout "$(git rev-list "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"..master | tail -1)"
-      - name: Setup node
+      -
+        name: Setup node
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      -
+        name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
-      - name: Run unit tests
+      -
+        name: Run unit tests
         run: npm run test:unit
-      - name: Publish desktop app
-        run: npm run electron:build -- -p always # https://nklayman.github.io/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/guide/recipes.html#upload-release-to-github
+      -
+        name: Prebuild
+        run: npm run electron:prebuild
+      -
+        name: Build and publish
+        run: npm run electron:build -- --publish always
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           EP_GH_IGNORE_TIME: true # Otherwise publishing fails if GitHub release is more than 2 hours old https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/2074