Electron: jQuery is not defined

Question

Problem: while developing using Electron, when you try to use any JS plugin that requires jQuery, the plugin doesn\'t find jQuery, even if you load in the correct path using

Answer 1

I face the same issue and this worked for me!

Install jQuery using npm

$ npm install jquery

Then include jQuery in one of the following ways.

Using script tag

Using Babel

import $ from 'jquery';

Using Webpack

const $ = require('jquery');