This commit bumps Electron and related dependencies to their latest
versions to leverage native ESM support. It adjusts build configuration
to use native ESM support instead of relying on CommonJS bundling.
Key changes:
- Bump Electron to latest v29.
Electron v28 ships with native ESM/ECMAScript modules support.
Details on Electron ESM support:
- electron/electron#21457
- electron/electron#37535
- Bump `electron-builder` to latest v24.13.
`electron-builder` is used to package and publish the application.
It supports ESM since 24.10.
Details on `electron-builder` ESM support:
- electron-userland/electron-builder#7936
- electron-userland/electron-builder#7935
- Bump `electron-log` to latest v5.1.
`electron-log` supports ESM since version 5.0.4.
Details on `electron-log` ESM support:
- megahertz/electron-log#390.
- Change `electron-vite` configuration to bundle as ESM instead of
CommonJS to leverage Electron's native ESM support.
Other supporting changes:
- Add type hint for electron-builder configuration file.
- Update import statements for `electron-updater` as it still is a
CommonJS module and does not support ESM.
Details:
- electron-userland/electron-builder#7976
- Improve `electron-builder` configuration file to dynamically locate
main entry files, supporting various JavaScript file extensions
(`.js`, `.mjs` and `.cjs`) to facilitate easier future changes.
- Change comment about Electron process-specific module alias
registration. This issue has been fixed in `electron-vite`, but
subpath module imports for Electron still do not work when building
tests (`npm run test:unit`).
Details:
- alex8088/electron-vite#372
- Add `electron-log` in bundling process instead of externalizing to
workaround Electron ESM loader issues with subpath imports (inability
to do `electron-log/main`).
Details:
- alex8088/electron-vite#401
- electron/electron#41241
- Improve desktop runtime error checks' assertion message for better
clarity.
- Bump Node.js to version 18. This change is necessary as Node.js v16
will reach end-of-life on 2023-09-11. It also ensure compatibility
with dependencies requiring minimum of Node.js v18, such as `vite`,
`@vitejs`plugin-legacy` and `icon-gen`.
- Bump `setup-node` action to v4.
- Recommend using the `nvm` tool for managing Node.js versions in the
documentation.
- Update documentation to point to code reference for required Node.js
version. This removes duplication of information, and keeps the code
as single source of truth for required Node.js version.
- Refactor code to adopt the `node:` protocol for Node API imports as
per Node.js 18 standards. This change addresses ambiguities and aligns
with Node.js best practices (nodejs/node#38343). Currently, there is
no ESLint rule to enforce this protocol, as noted in
import-js/eslint-plugin-import#2717.
- Replace `cross-fetch` dependency with the native Node.js fetch API
introduced in Node.js 18. Adjust type casting for async iterable read
streams to align with the latest Node.js APIs, based on discussions in
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#65542.
- 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`.
