using ipc but not working in production

browser/finder/actions.js

@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ export function searchArticle (input) {
   }
 }
 
-export function refreshData () {
+export function refreshData (data) {
   console.log('refreshing data')
-  let data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('local'))
-  if (data == null) return null
-
   let { folders, articles } = data
 
   return {

browser/finder/index.js

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import FinderList from './FinderList'
 import FinderDetail from './FinderDetail'
 import { selectArticle, searchArticle, refreshData } from './actions'
 import _ from 'lodash'
-import activityRecord from 'boost/activityRecord'
 
 const electron = require('electron')
 const { remote, clipboard } = electron
+const ipc = electron.ipcRenderer
 
 var hideFinder = remote.getGlobal('hideFinder')
 
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ class FinderMain extends React.Component {
   saveToClipboard () {
     let { activeArticle } = this.props
     clipboard.writeText(activeArticle.content)
-    activityRecord.emit('FINDER_COPY')
 
     notify('Saved to Clipboard!', {
       body: 'Paste it wherever you want!'
@@ -214,10 +213,13 @@ var Finder = connect(remap)(FinderMain)
 var store = createStore(reducer)
 
 window.onfocus = e => {
-  store.dispatch(refreshData())
-  activityRecord.emit('FINDER_OPEN')
+  ipc.send('request-data')
 }
 
+ipc.on('refresh-data', function (e, data) {
+  store.dispatch(refreshData(data))
+})
+
 ReactDOM.render((
   <Provider store={store}>
     <Finder/>

browser/finder/reducer.js

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import { combineReducers } from 'redux'
 import { SELECT_ARTICLE, SEARCH_ARTICLE, REFRESH_DATA } from './actions'
 
-let data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('local'))
-
-let initialArticles = data != null ? data.articles : []
-let initialFolders = data != null ? data.folders : []
+let initialArticles = []
+let initialFolders = []
 let initialStatus = {
   articleKey: null,
   search: ''

browser/main/index.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require('../styles/main/index.styl')
 import { openModal } from 'boost/modal'
 import Tutorial from 'boost/components/modal/Tutorial'
 import activityRecord from 'boost/activityRecord'
+import dataStore from 'boost/dataStore'
 const electron = require('electron')
 const ipc = electron.ipcRenderer
 
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ ipc.on('notify', function (title, message) {
   })
 })
 
+ipc.on('request-data', function () {
+  ipc.send('refresh-data', dataStore.getData())
+})
+
 let routes = (
   <Route path='/' component={MainPage}>
     <IndexRoute name='home' component={HomePage}/>

finder.js

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+const electron = require('electron')
+const app = electron.app
+const Tray = electron.Tray
+const Menu = electron.Menu
+const MenuItem = electron.MenuItem
+const ipc = electron.ipcMain
+
+process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8')
+
+console.log = function () {
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+    type: 'log',
+    data: JSON.stringify(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' '))
+  }))
+}
+
+function emit (type, data) {
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+    type: type,
+    data: JSON.stringify(data)
+  }))
+}
+
+var finderWindow
+app.on('ready', function () {
+  app.dock.hide()
+  var appIcon = new Tray(__dirname + '/resources/tray-icon.png')
+  appIcon.setToolTip('Boost')
+
+  finderWindow = require('./atom-lib/finder-window')
+  finderWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function () {
+    var trayMenu = new Menu()
+    trayMenu.append(new MenuItem({
+      label: 'Open Main window',
+      click: function () {
+        emit('show-main-window')
+      }
+    }))
+    trayMenu.append(new MenuItem({
+      label: 'Open Finder',
+      click: function () {
+        finderWindow.show()
+      }
+    }))
+    trayMenu.append(new MenuItem({
+      label: 'Quit',
+      click: function () {
+        emit('quit-app')
+      }
+    }))
+    appIcon.setContextMenu(trayMenu)
+
+    ipc.on('request-data', function () {
+      emit('request-data')
+    })
+
+    process.stdin.on('data', function (payload) {
+      try {
+        payload = JSON.parse(payload)
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log('Not parsable payload : ', payload)
+        return
+      }
+      console.log('from main >> ', payload.type)
+      switch (payload.type) {
+        case 'open-finder':
+          finderWindow.show()
+          break
+        case 'refresh-data':
+          finderWindow.webContents.send('refresh-data', payload.data)
+          break
+      }
+    })
+
+    emit('request-data')
+  })
+
+  global.hideFinder = function () {
+    Menu.sendActionToFirstResponder('hide:')
+  }
+})
+

main.js

@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 const electron = require('electron')
 const app = electron.app
 const Menu = electron.Menu
-const MenuItem = electron.MenuItem
-const Tray = electron.Tray
 const ipc = electron.ipcMain
 const globalShortcut = electron.globalShortcut
 const autoUpdater = electron.autoUpdater
 const jetpack = require('fs-jetpack')
+const path = require('path')
+const ChildProcess = require('child_process')
 electron.crashReporter.start()
 
 var mainWindow = null
-var appIcon = null
-var menu = null
-var finderWindow = null
-
+var finderProcess
 var update = null
 
 // app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
@@ -58,12 +55,15 @@ autoUpdater
 
 app.on('ready', function () {
   app.on('before-quit', function () {
+    if (finderProcess) finderProcess.kill()
     appQuit = true
   })
-  console.log('Version ' + version)
-  autoUpdater.setFeedUrl('http://orbital.b00st.io/rokt33r/boost-dev/latest?version=' + version)
-  // menu start
+
+  autoUpdater.setFeedURL('http://orbital.b00st.io/rokt33r/boost-dev/latest?version=' + version)
+
   var template = require('./atom-lib/menu-template')
+  var menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
+  Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
 
   setInterval(function () {
     if (update == null) autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
@@ -80,28 +80,6 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
     }
   })
 
-  menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
-
-  Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
-  // menu end
-  appIcon = new Tray(__dirname + '/resources/tray-icon.png')
-  appIcon.setToolTip('Boost')
-
-  var trayMenu = new Menu()
-  trayMenu.append(new MenuItem({
-    label: 'Open main window',
-    click: function () {
-      if (mainWindow != null) mainWindow.show()
-    }
-  }))
-  trayMenu.append(new MenuItem({
-    label: 'Quit',
-    click: function () {
-      app.quit()
-    }
-  }))
-  appIcon.setContextMenu(trayMenu)
-
   mainWindow = require('./atom-lib/main-window')
   mainWindow.on('close', function (e) {
     if (appQuit) return true
@@ -109,6 +87,13 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
     mainWindow.hide()
   })
   mainWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function () {
+    finderProcess = ChildProcess
+      .execFile(process.execPath, [path.resolve(__dirname, 'finder.js')], {
+        stdio: 'pipe'
+      })
+    finderProcess.stdout.on('data', format)
+    finderProcess.stderr.on('data', errorFormat)
+
     if (update != null) {
       mainWindow.webContents.send('update-available', 'whoooooooh!')
     } else {
@@ -116,12 +101,56 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
     }
   })
 
-  app.on('activate-with-no-open-windows', function () {
+  app.on('activate', function () {
     if (mainWindow == null) return null
     mainWindow.show()
   })
 
-  finderWindow = require('./atom-lib/finder-window')
+  function format (payload) {
+    // console.log('from finder >> ', payload)
+    try {
+      payload = JSON.parse(payload)
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log('Not parsable payload : ', payload)
+      return
+    }
+    switch (payload.type) {
+      case 'log':
+        console.log('FINDER(stdout): ' + payload.data)
+        break
+      case 'show-main-window':
+        if (mainWindow != null) {
+          mainWindow.show()
+        }
+        break
+      case 'request-data':
+        mainWindow.webContents.send('request-data')
+        break
+      case 'quit-app':
+        appQuit = true
+        app.quit()
+        break
+    }
+  }
+  function errorFormat (output) {
+    console.error('FINDER(stderr):' + output)
+  }
+
+  function emitToFinder (type, data) {
+    if (!finderProcess) {
+      console.log('finder process is not ready')
+      return
+    }
+    var payload = {
+      type: type,
+      data: data
+    }
+    finderProcess.stdin.write(JSON.stringify(payload))
+  }
+
+  ipc.on('refresh-data', function (e, data) {
+    emitToFinder('refresh-data', data)
+  })
 
   var userDataPath = app.getPath('userData')
   if (!jetpack.cwd(userDataPath).exists('keymap.json')) {
@@ -138,10 +167,7 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
 
   try {
     globalShortcut.register(toggleFinderKey, function () {
-      if (mainWindow != null && !mainWindow.isFocused()) {
-        mainWindow.hide()
-      }
-      finderWindow.show()
+      emitToFinder('open-finder')
     })
   } catch (err) {
     console.log(err.name)
@@ -157,10 +183,7 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
     var toggleFinderKey = global.keymap.toggleFinder != null ? global.keymap.toggleFinder : 'ctrl+tab+shift'
     try {
       globalShortcut.register(toggleFinderKey, function () {
-        if (mainWindow != null && !mainWindow.isFocused()) {
-          mainWindow.hide()
-        }
-        finderWindow.show()
+        emitToFinder('open-finder')
       })
       mainWindow.webContents.send('APP_SETTING_DONE', {})
     } catch (err) {
@@ -170,12 +193,4 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
       })
     }
   })
-
-  global.hideFinder = function () {
-    if (!mainWindow.isVisible()) {
-      Menu.sendActionToFirstResponder('hide:')
-    } else {
-      mainWindow.focus()
-    }
-  }
 })