ipcRenderer communicate with ipcMain by Typescript in Electron

In Electron applications, you can use the ipcRenderer and ipcMain modules for inter-process communication. The official documentation provides a version in JavaScript. Below are the steps to implement it in TypeScript, along with the problems encountered during the process.

Use ipcMain in the main process to set up IPC listeners:

By default, the front-end does not directly access the Electron module or use ipcRenderer. Instead, it does so through preload.ts.

In the rendering process, use the functions by window.electronAPI.

final directory structure of the files:

2. Import the front-end entry page and the preload.ts in main.ts.

3. preload.ts serves as a bridge to expose ipcRenderer to the frontend.

4. Import renderer.ts in index.html. Pay attention to the path: dist

5. the start scripts in package.json, also need to pay attention to the path: dist

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