From cd04ac455745f7bdbb6fd29e192a49f067235d7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louis Lam <louislam@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:32:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] "dist/index.html" is no longer needed for development
 environment

---
 server/server.js | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index d5f2d3734..1846fe6e9 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -157,7 +157,17 @@ let needSetup = false;
  * Cache Index HTML
  * @type {string}
  */
-let indexHTML = fs.readFileSync("./dist/index.html").toString();
+let indexHTML = "";
+
+try {
+    indexHTML = fs.readFileSync("./dist/index.html").toString();
+} catch (e) {
+    // "dist/index.html" is not necessary for development
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
+        console.error("Error: Cannot find 'dist/index.html', did you install correctly?");
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
 
 exports.entryPage = "dashboard";