Module not found in Electron / Atom Shell

Question

I'm new to npm, node and Electron.

My Folder looks like:

-package.json
-index.html
-main.js
-js/myStuff.js
-node_modules

In the file myStuff.js I have var chokidar = require('chokidar'); but it shows then module not found error.

In the index.html I included the myFile.js like normaly in a script tag.

I did read how node is looking for modules. But that doesn't help cause then it should find it, cause it's looks in all parent dirs for the node_modules folder and then in there for a chokidar folder and in that for the index.js file, which is there.

What am I doing wrong?

It works now, but i have no idea why..

Answer 1

In contrast to other node apps, electron doesn't automatically set your NODE_PATH to global (ie /usr/bin ) or local (eg node_modules ) folders . So you need to export it manually:

NODE_PATH=/path/to/node_modules electron my_app