webpack.config.electron.js

/**
 * Build config for electron 'Main Process' file
 */

import webpack from 'webpack';
import merge from 'webpack-merge';
import baseConfig from './webpack.config.base';

export default merge(baseConfig, {
    devtool: 'source-map',

    entry: ['babel-polyfill', './main.development'],

    // 'main.js' in root
    output: {
        path: __dirname,
        filename: './main.js'
    },

    plugins: [
        // Minify the output
        new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
            sourceMap: true,
            compressor: {
                warnings: false,
            }
        }),

        // Add source map support for stack traces in node
        // https://github.com/evanw/node-source-map-support
        new webpack.BannerPlugin(
            {
                banner: 'require(\'source-map-support\').install();',
                raw: true,
                entryOnly: false
            }
        ),

        // NODE_ENV should be production so that modules do not perform certain development checks
        new webpack.DefinePlugin(
            {
                'process.env': {
                    NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('production')
                }
            })
    ],

    /**
     * Set targed to Electron speciffic node.js env.
     * https://github.com/chentsulin/webpack-target-electron-renderer#how-this-module-works
     */
    target: 'electron-main',

    /**
     * Disables webpack processing of __dirname and __filename.
     * If you run the bundle in node.js it falls back to these values of node.js.
     * https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2010
     */
    node: {
        __dirname: false,
        __filename: false
    },

    externals: [
        'font-awesome',
        'source-map-support'
    ]
});