电子：未捕获错误：找不到模块

Question

I'm building my first electron desktop app and I'm getting a "cannot find module" error when I use require() in one file to import the other. Both files are in the same folder and there's no misspelling. .

Here's the main file index.js

const app = require('electron')
const store = require('./datacontainer') //Here I import the other file

if(store.users.length==0) { // throws exception: store is not defined
    ...
}

and below is the imported file datacontainer.js

var exp = module.exports = {};

exp.users = [{user1},{user2},...];

...

However, when I run the app and look at the console, it throws the following exeption;

Uncaught Error: Cannot find module './datacontainer'
    at Module._resolveFilename (module.js:543)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (C:\mm_apps\report-viewer\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\common\reset-search-paths.js:35)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:473)
    at Module.require (module.js:586)
    at require (internal/module.js:11)
    at index.js:10

What am I doing wrong or missing?

UPDATES:

In the index.html where the index.js is used, the error goes away if I reference the script like the following

<script>
   require('./scripts/index')
</script>

but throws above error when referenced this way

<script src="./scripts/index.js"></script>

what gives?

Answer 1

When you do

<script src="./scripts/index.js"></script>

it looks for the file on the server.

Something like:

https://www.example.com/your-web-folder/scripts/index.js

Using Node.js 's require resolves it according to the folder structure of your project.