Bootstrapper doesn't work with Electron Forge

[vilnytskyi]

I'm submitting a bug report

• Library Version: 2.4.0

• Operating System: Windows 11

• Node Version: 18.13.0

• NPM Version: 8.9.13

• Webpack Version webpack 5.75.0

• Browser: Electron 22.0.3

• Language: TypeScript 4.5.5

Current behavior: Bootstrapper tries to resolve aurelia-loader-webpack module from <projectRoot>\.webpack\renderer\native_modules but fails.

Expected/desired behavior: Bootstrapper should properly bootstrap Aurelia app after it's imported in renderer script.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new Electron app using Webpack+Typescript Electron Forge template:

npm init electron-app@latest aurelia-app -- --template=webpack-typescript

2. Install aurelia bootstrapper package:

npm install aurelia-bootstrapper

3. Import the installed package in src/renderer.ts:

import 'aurelia-bootstrapper'

4. Run the application:

npm run start

[bigopon]

If bootstrapper is causing issues, one can try to temporarily work around it by bootstrapping the application oneself.

// main.js
import { Aurelia } from 'aurelia-framework';

export function startApplication() {
  const au = new Aurelia();
  au.use
    .plugin(...)
    .globalResources(...)
    .start()
    .then(() => au.setRoot(...))
}

startApplication();