How to start node server when electron app starts?

Question

Node.js

I made a small application on Electron, but I can't figure out how to run a node server along with the application.
Electron.js

const electron = require('electron');
const app = electron.app;
const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;

const path = require('path');
const url = require('url');
const isDev = require('electron-is-dev');

let mainWindow;

function createWindow() {
    mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 1400, height: 880});
    mainWindow.loadURL(isDev ? 'http://localhost:3000' : `file://${path.join(__dirname, '../build/index.html')}`);
    mainWindow.on('closed', () => mainWindow = null);
}

app.on('ready', createWindow);

app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
    if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
        app.quit();
    }
});

app.on('activate', () => {
    if (mainWindow === null) {
        createWindow();
    }
});

Found a tip for using require inside the startup file electron. But it constantly gives an error that it did not find the node file.

Answer 1

Do this with the npm command in the scripts section of the package.json file. You will have something like

...
scripts : {
    'start-all': 'node server && electron .'
}
...