Using Node.js addons in Electron's renderer with Webpack

Question

I have the following renderer:

import SerialPort from \"serialport\";

new SerialPort(\"/dev/tty-usbserial1\", { baudRate: 57600 });

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Answer 1

I had a similar error when tried to use a native module in electron-renderer.
Although the error message was something like this in my case:

node-loader: The specified module could not be found

I believe it's all related to node loaders. For me, native-addon-loader was the loader that worked great.
Also, make sure your Webpack target is either node, electron-main or electron-renderer, otherwise it won't work (native modules can't be used on the client side).