Merge pull request #106 from paviro/v2-beta

This seems to be working perfect. I didn't test it yet on a Pi, but since you say this works I merge the pull request. Thanks for your contribution!

README.md

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 # MagicMirror V2
-This version of the Magic Mirror software focusses on a modular plugin system. 
+This version of the Magic Mirror software focusses on a modular plugin system.
+To start the software run `npm install && npm start`.
 
 #WARNING: THIS VERSION IS IN A VERY EARLY STAGE. IT IS NOT COMPLETED YET. PLEASE USE THE MASTER BRANCH.

js/electron.js

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+'use strict';
+
+//for searching modules
+const walk = require('walk');
+
+const electron = require('electron');
+// Module to control application life.
+const app = electron.app;
+// Module to create native browser window.
+const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
+
+// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
+// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
+let mainWindow;
+
+function createWindow () {
+  // Create the browser window.
+  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600,  fullscreen: true, "auto-hide-menu-bar": true, "node-integration": false});
+
+  // and load the index.html of the app.
+  mainWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '../../index.html');
+
+  // Open the DevTools.
+  //mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
+
+  // Emitted when the window is closed.
+  mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
+    // Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
+    // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
+    // when you should delete the corresponding element.
+    mainWindow = null;
+  });
+}
+
+//Walk module folder and get file names
+var module_loader  = walk.walk(__dirname + '/../modules', { followLinks: false });
+
+//for each file in modules
+module_loader.on('file', function(root, stat, next) {
+  //if file is called node_helper.js load it
+  if (stat.name == "node_helper.js"){
+    require(root + '/' + stat.name);
+    //Log module name  
+    var module = (root + '/' + stat.name).split("/")
+    console.log("Started helper script for module " + module[module.length-2] + ".");
+  }
+  next();
+});
+
+module_loader.on('end', function() {
+  console.log("All helpers started.");
+});  
+
+// This method will be called when Electron has finished
+// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
+app.on('ready', createWindow);
+
+// Quit when all windows are closed.
+app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
+  // On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
+  // to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
+    app.quit();
+  }
+});
+
+app.on('activate', function () {
+  // On OS X it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
+  // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
+  if (mainWindow === null) {
+    createWindow();
+  }
+});

modules/helper_test/node_helper.js

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+'use strict';
+console.log("test");

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "Magic-Mirror",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "description": "A modular interface for smart mirrors.",
+  "main": "js/electron.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "electron js/electron.js"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "magic mirror",
+    "smart mirror",
+    "mirror UI",
+    "modular"
+  ],
+  "author": "Michael Teeuw",
+  "contributors": "https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/graphs/contributors",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "electron-prebuilt": "latest"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "walk": "latest"
+    }
+}