package server with client

client/src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron'
+import { spawn } from 'child_process'
+import * as path from 'path'
 // This allows TypeScript to pick up the magic constants that's auto-generated by Forge's Webpack
 // plugin that tells the Electron app where to look for the Webpack-bundled app code (depending on
 // whether you're running in development or production).
@@ -24,6 +26,17 @@ const createWindow = (): void => {
     transparent: true,
   })
 
+  // Start the executable
+  let pyExecutable = path.join(__dirname, '../renderer/resources/server')
+  console.log(`Starting ${pyExecutable}`)
+  let pyProcess = spawn(pyExecutable)
+  pyProcess.stdout.on('data', data => {
+    console.log(`server: ${data}`)
+  })
+  pyProcess.stderr.on('data', data => {
+    console.error(`server: ${data}`)
+  })
+
   // and load the index.html of the app.
   mainWindow.loadURL(MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY)