With the package.json, it's possible to do something like this
"dependencies": {
"WindowManager": "./lib/WindowManager"
},
But when trying to do this in Electron, it gives me this error:
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module 'WindowManager'
at Module._resolveFilename (module.js:470:15)
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (.../desktop/node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:418:25)
at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (.../desktop/lib/init.js:15:35)
at Object.<anonymous> (.../desktop/lib/init.js:22:3)
at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
Is it because of Electron, or am I doing something wrong?
./lib/WindowManager is a folder with a package.json in it with a main pointing to the WindowManager.js, so that should work.
The case you try to do normally works, make sure that the dependency "WindowManager" has been properly copied by the build tools to either:
.../desktop/node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules
or
.../desktop/node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules
If WindowManager does not exist in the disted node_modules there is something wrong with your build process, hard to be more precise than that.
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I've developed an electron app with following tech stack:
NodeJS (10.15) with Babel to allow ES6 import/export syntax.
Sequelize on SQLite and GraphQL to handle an internal database.
ReactJS (bundled) for views.
I've configured everything to work with Electron and running "electron" command in project root folder works without errors.
Now i'm trying to distribute it using this tutorial: https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/application-distribution
So i've simply downloaded the 4.1.4 binaries for windows and moved the project folder under resources/app/
But running the electron.exe i've the following error:
App threw an error during load
TypeError: Cannot create property 'default' on symbol 'Symbol(nodejs.util.inspect.custom)'
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\graphql\jsutils\nodejsCustomInspectSymbol.js:18:84)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\graphql\jsutils\nodejsCustomInspectSymbol.js:20:3)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
at Module._compile (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\pirates\lib\index.js:83:24)
at Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
at Object.newLoader [as .js] (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\pirates\lib\index.js:88:7)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:559:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:551:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\graphql\jsutils\defineToJSON.js:8:57)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\graphql\jsutils\defineToJSON.js:36:3)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
at Module._compile (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\pirates\lib\index.js:83:24)
at Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
at Object.newLoader [as .js] (C:\workspace\myapp\resources\app\node_modules\pirates\lib\index.js:88:7)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:559:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:551:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
i've also tried to run npx electron resources/app/ from binaries folder and i've got the same error.
So i think the issue is something about the paths.
i've also tried electron-packager and the error is the same because this tool does the same process of guide above.
What can i do to fix it?
UPDATE1: after some investigations i've found that babel causes the issues. I guess when you run a project from a parent folder. I'm trying to find a solution
i've solved using this kind of configuration for babel/register:
const rootPath=path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, "../../"));
require("#babel/register")({
root: rootPath,
extends: path.join(rootPath, '.babelrc'),
ignore: [/node_modules/],
only: [rootPath],
})
I'm developing this project with TypeScript: https://github.com/scott-lin/install-npm-version
When trying to consume the package within another project, I'm getting Cannot find module 'install-npm-version' error.
Repro Steps
npm install install-npm-version#1.0.2
Create repro.js file with const inv = require('install-npm-version'); as the content
Invoke the repro with node .\repro.js
Error
> node .\repro.js
module.js:545
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'install-npm-version'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:543:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:470:25)
at Module.require (module.js:593:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\scottlin.REDMOND\Desktop\test\repro.js:1:75)
at Module._compile (module.js:649:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:660:10)
at Module.load (module.js:561:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:501:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:493:3)
PS C:\Users\scottlin.REDMOND\Desktop\test>
The main property in the package.json file is used to find the module when using as an in-code Node module. Yours starts with a slash, implying the root directory. This is incorrect, which is why your code is failing.
To fix:
Change
"main": "/lib/Install.js",
to
"main": "lib/Install.js",
I'm new to webpack and trying to work with some of the scaffoldings out there.
I'm trying to add an alias to the webpack config.
resolve: {
alias: {
'_utils': path.join(PATH_SRC, '/utils'),
},
}
It resolves fine during the build:
./src/utils/debounce.js
But the alias path doesn't get resolved when I try to load the page in the browser.
I feel like I must be missing something basic... Do I maybe need to pass these settings through to the hot-loader or something?
Here's the error I get
GET / 500 238.910 ms - 882
Error: Cannot find module '_utils/debounce'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:289:25)
at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
at require (module.js:385:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/.../src/www/routes/RootRoute/CodeRoute/Component.js:23:17)
at Module._compile (module.js:425:26)
at loader (/.../node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:127:5)
at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/.../node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:137:7)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:313:12)
There is a demo repo here:
https://github.com/erchaves/example-app/tree/config-resolve-alias-example
(use npm run dev)
With notes in this commit:
https://github.com/erchaves/example-app/commit/3486b230a3188df19fcdcbb8f9401d2b4b8400e9
Thanks!
I'm building a basic MEAN webapp and am new to the stack. I have the front end running, but as soon as I add the following lines to app.js:
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
require('./models/test');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:3000/design-data-test');
I get the following error in terminal:
Error: Cannot find module 'debug'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:278:25)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/username/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mquery/lib/mquery.js:11:13)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
And all of my front end code stops running. Mongodb is running on the default port.
How would I go about resolving this error?
For future visitors: You are probably missing a dependency. Make sure you run this first:
npm install
... before you run your app with npm start or node <app>
I think this may happen if you have a child dependency on debug through another package (for example express or mongoose) but you did not provide the dependencies' package.json files with the deployed application which makes node.js unable to locate debug.
module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module './models/todo'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Basel\Desktop\Todo List\routes\api.js:1:74)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
C:\Users\Basel\Desktop\Todo List>
Why this application won't start up? I've already tried a global npm install.
In ./models/todo, the period indicates that node will look in the same folder that api.js is in, which would look for \Todo List\routes\models\todo.js. This does not start from the root of the application. To require this, you'll need to us two periods to jump up a level, and specify the app path as well:
var todo = require('../app/models/todo');
maybe you did not set the system value : NODE_PATH; it should point to your global module location;
in Linux: export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ works good for me;
in my case, the file name i had given in my require statement was wrong. I had my models file named posts.js and i was using require('./models/post'). It worked after i changed it to require ('.models/posts')