Update autoInstaller and package.json settings

Author: tmossington

frontend/main.js

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, dialog, shell } = require('electron');
 const path = require('path');
 const { exec } = require('child_process');
 const fs = require('fs');
+
+// Import autoUpdater from electron-updater
 const { autoUpdater } = require('electron-updater');
 
 let mainWindow;
@@ -33,30 +35,10 @@ function createWindow() {
   // Check if JAMS is installed
   checkJAMSInstallation();
 
-  // Check for updates (only in prod mode)
-  if (!isDev) {
-    autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
-  }
+  // Check for updates after creating the window
+  autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
 }
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
-  mainWindow.webContents.send('update-available');
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
-  mainWindow.webContents.send('update-downloaded');
-});
-
-// IPC handler for installing the update
-ipcMain.on('install-update', () => {
-  autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-});
-
-ipcMain.handle('get-app-version', () => {
-  return app.getVersion();
-});
-
-
 app.on('ready', createWindow);
 
 app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
@@ -71,6 +53,25 @@ app.on('activate', () => {
   }
 });
 
+// Listen for update events
+autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
+  dialog.showMessageBox({
+    type: 'info',
+    title: 'Update available',
+    message: 'A new version of the application is available. It will be downloaded now.',
+  });
+});
+
+autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
+  dialog.showMessageBox({
+    type: 'info',
+    title: 'Update ready',
+    message: 'A new version of the application has been downloaded. The application will now restart to apply the update.',
+  }).then(() => {
+    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+  });
+});
+
 function checkJAMSInstallation() {
   const homeDir = process.env.HOME || process.env.HOMEPATH || process.env.USERPROFILE;
   const binDir = path.join(homeDir, 'bin');

frontend/package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "JAMS",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Just a Microbiology System (JAMS) - a suite for analyzing microbiological sequencing data for use on NIH HPC systems (Biowulf)",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
           "!dist/**",
           "!node_modules/**",
           "!frontend/**",
-          "!.git/**",                
-          "!**/.git/**",             
-          "!**/.parcel-cache/**",    
-          "!**/*.dmg",               
-          "!**/*.app/**",            
-          "!**/*.exe",               
-          "!**/node_modules/**"  
+          "!.git/**",
+          "!**/.git/**",
+          "!**/.parcel-cache/**",
+          "!**/*.dmg",
+          "!**/*.app/**",
+          "!**/*.exe",
+          "!**/node_modules/**"
         ]
       }
     ],
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
         "owner": "tmossington",
         "repo": "JAMS_BW_dev"
       }
-    ]
+    ],
+    "mac": {
+      "target": "dmg"
+    },
+    "win": {
+      "target": "nsis"
+    }
   }
 }