jimp-ef6

Basic Demo of Electron (w/ electron-forge v6) & Jimp

This Electron + React App (w/ Webpack & Forge) shows how to create and show a grayscale basic png using Jimp

Instructions to run:

Developer Mode

1. Pull in this repo
2. npm i
3. npm start

Production Mode

1. Pull in this repo
2. npm i
3. npm run package
4. go to the ./out folder to find the executable file that was just packaged and double click / invoke

You should see something like:

DIY

To create a similar project from scratch:

1. Install electron-forge v6 npm i -g @electron-forge/cli
2. create electron-forge project w/ webpack electron-forge init ef6-sharp --template=webpack
3. add react: npm i --save react react-dom
4. add babel: npm i --save-dev babel-loader @babel/core @babel/preset-env
5. add .babelrc and update webpack.rules.js & app.js as shown in above repo