Order of Operation

Command

npm run release

Underneath the hood

1. Create the react bundle inside the build directory,

   • have to run this first because it will override everything in the build directory;
   • create index.html & static/

   react-scripts build
   

2. Create build/electron directory and the entry point file bundle.js

   webpack -p --config ./config/webpack.dev.config.js
   

3. Now you can build the os-specific executable

   electron-builder
   

Relevant files

1. .env

   • environment variables use by react-script to generate the correct content for build/index.html

2. electron-builder.yml

   • configuration for electron-builder

3. package.json

   • dependencies and scripts