Updating method and system based on Electron

Abstract

The invention discloses an Electron-based updating method and system. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a starting instruction, and calling a program in a host process; checking whether a patch file exists or is imported under the directory of the current program; and if it is detected that the patch file exists, calling version management of the main process check the current version number. According to the version number of the patch file, if it is detected that the patch file needs to be updated, whether a container needs to be updated is judged; if the container does notneed to be updated, loading the latest patch file, calling the patch test of the rendering process, and executing the patch file test script; if the test is passed, upgrading the version number of the current program, backing up and replacing the built-in program, executing the built-in program, and updating the program. According to the method and system, the latest version patch file is found through version detection, the function integrity of the patch is verified through testing, the built-in program of the rendering process is updated and executed after verification is passed, the client does not need to be restarted, a new client installation package does not need to be installed, and the problem of frequent updating of a user is solved.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computers, in particular to an update method and system based on Electron. Background technique [0002] At present, there are two commonly used ways to update the client program developed based on Electron: [0003] The user manually downloads the new installation package. The Windows platform corresponds to the .exe file, and the MacOS platform corresponds to the .dmg file. After the new installation program is executed, the new program will replace the existing old version. [0004] Or build the application installation package through electron-builder, and use electron-builder's hot update scheme to check whether there is a new version update on the server side when the program starts, and download the new version on the server through the internal network module when there is an update After the download is complete, the installation and restart will be performed automatically to realize the hot update of the...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] In the case of no network, the program update cannot be performed, which cannot realize the rapid update of the program in some working environments with higher security levels;

[0007] In the case of high network delay, the program update is slow, and there may be a problem of delay in updating, which may occur between multinational departments of multinational enterprises;

[0008] Many updates of electron are to update the interface developed based on front-end technology, internal data processing logic, etc. The content that needs to be updated may only be tens of hundreds of kb, and does not involve the modification of the framework, but the current update plan is for the entire client. The program is fully updated, and the smallest installation package is 50 to 60Mb. When a large number of download requests exist, bandwidth is wasted, and the content of the framework will reinstall the same content again

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