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

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.