github - Run Node.js server file automatically after launching Electron App

Question

Im using GitHub Electron to create Desktop application with web technologies.

I'm using Node.js as the server, my problem is that i don't know how to run the file server.js just when launching the electron app.

I want to package my app for distribution so that i can run the server without the command line $ node server.js.

Answer 1

Just simply require the server.js file in your main file (e.g. app.js):

var app = require("app")
  , server = require("./server")
  ;

...

And in the server.js file you can have:

 require("http").createServer(function (req, res) {
     res.end("Hello from server started by Electron app!");
 }).listen(9000)