Electron: jQuery is not defined

Question

Problem: while developing using Electron, when you try to use any JS plugin that requires jQuery, the plugin doesn\'t find jQuery, even if you load in the correct path using

Answer 1

As seen in https://github.com/atom/electron/issues/254 the problem is caused because of this code:

if ( typeof module === "object" && typeof module.exports === "object" ) {
  // set jQuery in `module`
} else {
  // set jQuery in `window`
}

The jQuery code "sees" that its running in a CommonJS environment and ignores window.

The solution is really easy, instead of loading jQuery through

Note: the dot before the path is required, since it indicates that it's the current directory. Also, remember to load jQuery before loading any other plugin that depends on it.