books/webpack/start.js

const { spawn } = require('child_process');
const { startWebpackDevServer } = require('./serve');
const { getAppConfig, resolveAppDir } = require('./utils');
const appConfig = getAppConfig();

module.exports = function start(mode) {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'development';

    if (mode === 'electron') {
        const electron = require('electron');
        const electronPaths = appConfig.electron.paths;

        startWebpackDevServer()
            .then((devServer) => {
                const p = spawn(electron, [resolveAppDir(electronPaths.mainDev)], { stdio: 'inherit' })
                p.on('close', () => {
                    devServer.close();
                });
            });
    } else {
        const nodePaths = appConfig.node.paths;

        spawn('node', [resolveAppDir(nodePaths.main)], { stdio: 'inherit' })
    }
}