sorry for doing this.

resources/functions/cider-base.js

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+const {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain} = require("electron")
+const {join, resolve} = require("path")
+const getPort = require("get-port");
+const express = require("express");
+const path = require("path");
+const windowStateKeeper = require("electron-window-state");
+
+const CiderBase = {
+
+    CreateBrowserWindow() {
+        // Set default window sizes
+        const mainWindowState = windowStateKeeper({
+            defaultWidth: 1024,
+            defaultHeight: 600
+        });
+
+        let win = null
+        const options = {
+            icon: join(__dirname, `../icons/icon.ico`),
+            width: mainWindowState.width,
+            height: mainWindowState.height,
+            x: mainWindowState.x,
+            y: mainWindowState.y,
+            minWidth: 844,
+            minHeight: 410,
+            frame: false,
+            title: "Cider",
+            vibrancy: 'dark',
+            hasShadow: false,
+            webPreferences: {
+                plugins: true,
+                nodeIntegration: true,
+                nodeIntegrationInWorker: false,
+                webSecurity: false,
+                allowRunningInsecureContent: true,
+                enableRemoteModule: true,
+                sandbox: true,
+                nativeWindowOpen: true,
+                contextIsolation: false,
+                preload: join(__dirname, '../preload/cider-preload.js')
+            }
+
+        }
+        CiderBase.InitWebServer()
+        if (process.platform === "darwin" || process.platform === "linux") {
+            win = new BrowserWindow(options)
+        } else {
+            const {BrowserWindow} = require("electron-acrylic-window");
+            win = new BrowserWindow(options)
+        }
+
+        let location = "http://localhost:9000/"
+        win.loadURL(location)
+        win.on("closed", () => {
+            win = null
+        })
+
+        // Register listeners on Window to track size and position of the Window.
+        mainWindowState.manage(win);
+
+        // IPC stuff
+
+        ipcMain.on('close', () => { // listen for close event
+            win.close();
+        })
+
+        ipcMain.on('maximize', () => { // listen for maximize event
+            if (win.maximizable) {
+                win.maximize();
+                win.maximizable = false;
+            } else {
+                win.unmaximize();
+                win.maximizable = true;
+            }
+        })
+
+        ipcMain.on('minimize', () => { // listen for minimize event
+            win.minimize();
+        })
+
+        return win
+    },
+    async InitWebServer() {
+        const webRemotePort = await getPort({port : 9000});
+        const webapp = express();
+        const webRemotePath = path.join(__dirname, '../cider-ui-tests/');
+        webapp.use(express.static(webRemotePath));
+        webapp.get('/', function (req, res) {
+            res.sendFile(path.join(webRemotePath, 'index.html'));
+        });
+        webapp.listen(webRemotePort, function () {
+            console.log(`Web Remote listening on port ${webRemotePort}`);
+        });
+    },
+}
+
+module.exports = CiderBase;