Integrate jQuery into a electron app

Question

I'm trying to add jquery functionality to a desktop app written in electron Using the electron-quick-start repo i'm adding the downloaded jquery file to the main.html file like so:

<script> require("./jquery.min.js"); </script>

or so:

<script>window.$ = window.jQuery = require('./jquery.min.js');</script>

Then in the index.js file i'm adding code in the createWindow function, since that seems the proper place, but to be honest any place i try gets me the same error more or less.

mainWindow.$ is undefined and the same goes for BrowserWindow and app

mainWindow is defined inside the createWindow function like so: mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})

and BrowserWindow is declared on top of the file like so: const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow

Any idea where i'm going wrong, what declarations i should change/add?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

When you call require inside index.js, or the main process, it's looking for the node module. So you'll need to install jQuery via npm and save it as a dependency in your apps package.json file.

npm install jquery --save

Then your index.js should theoretically see it just fine using

let $ = require('jquery');
mainWindow.$ = $;

Refer to the Node.JS section for installing jQuery. This is what Electron uses.

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OLD ANSWER

Inside your main.html, just include the JavaScript like you would any traditional JS file.

<script src="./jquery.min.js"></script>

Answer 2

While using electron, some additional symbols are also inserted into DOM causing problems. So, you can use jquery as follow

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js" onload="window.$ = window.jQuery = module.exports;"></script>

Notice the code inside "onload".