Forked from https://github.com/tverdohleb/webpack-electron-reload. This package adds the ability to pass in arguments to electron. For example: electron ./dist/main.js some-arg

webpack-electron-reload

Webpack plugin that restarts Electron main process automatically on webpack build. Inspired by electron-reload-webpack-plugin.

Installation

npm install --save-dev ttay24-webpack-electron-reload

Usage

Add plugin to webpack config

const path = require('path');
const ElectronReloadPlugin = require('webpack-electron-reload')({
  path: path.join(__dirname, './dist/main.js'),
  args: ['some', 'args'],
});

module.exports = {
    // ...

    target: 'electron-main',

    plugins: [
        // ...
        ElectronReloadPlugin()
    ],

    // ...
};

Start webpack with 'watch' option

webpack --watch

Plugin will start/restart electron app when webpack rebuilds sources.