Added cache clearing code on startup

front-end/js/app.js

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ const CONSTANTS = {
     pollTime: 1000
 };
 
-var isFlashing = false;
+let isFlashing = false;
 
-var last_notification = "";
+let last_notification = "";
 
 /************************
  * Backend dependencies.
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function updateProgressBar(percent, svg){
         finishDot.style.opacity = 0;
     }
 
-    for(var i = 0; i < percent * (bgLine.points.numberOfItems / 100); i ++) {
+    for(let i = 0; i < percent * (bgLine.points.numberOfItems / 100); i ++) {
         if(i < bgLine.points.numberOfItems) {
             const point = bgLine.points.getItem(i);
             const newPoint = svg.createSVGPoint();

index.js

@@ -13,22 +13,24 @@ const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;  // Module to create native browse
 const checkDialout = require("./back-end/checkDialout");
 // 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.
-var mainWindow = null;
+let mainWindow = null;
 
 
 // Quit when all windows are closed.
-app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
+app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
   // 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') {
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
     app.quit();
   }
 });
 
-var  launchApp = function() {
-  // load the index.html of the app.
-  mainWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/front-end/index.html');
-
+function launchApp() {
+  //Clears any crusty downloads/API calls
+  mainWindow.webContents.session.clearCache(() => {
+    // load the index.html of the app.
+    mainWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/front-end/index.html');
+  });
 }
 
 function launchLinuxHelper() {
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ function launchLinuxHelper() {
 
 // This method will be called when Electron has finished
 // initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
-app.on('ready', function() {
+app.on('ready', function () {
   // Create the browser window.
   mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 520,
@@ -48,23 +50,23 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
     'accept-first-mouse': true
   });
 
-  if(process.platform === "linux") {
-      checkDialout(launchApp, (err) => {
-          if(err.message === checkDialout.ERROR_MESSAGES.USER_NOT_IN_DIALOUT) {
-              launchLinuxHelper();
-          } else {
-              //TODO: When another error occurs propogate the error somehow.
-              launchApp();
-          }
-      });
+  if (process.platform === "linux") {
+    checkDialout(launchApp, (err) => {
+      if (err.message === checkDialout.ERROR_MESSAGES.USER_NOT_IN_DIALOUT) {
+        launchLinuxHelper();
+      } else {
+        //TODO: When another error occurs propogate the error somehow.
+        launchApp();
+      }
+    });
   } else {
-      launchApp();
+    launchApp();
   }
   // Open the DevTools.
   // mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
 
   // Emitted when the window is closed.
-  mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
+  mainWindow.on('closed', () => {
     // 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.
@@ -86,17 +88,17 @@ function handleSquirrelEvent() {
   const updateDotExe = path.resolve(path.join(rootAtomFolder, 'Update.exe'));
   const exeName = path.basename(process.execPath);
 
-  const spawn = function(command, args) {
+  const spawn = function (command, args) {
     let spawnedProcess, error;
 
     try {
-      spawnedProcess = ChildProcess.spawn(command, args, {detached: true});
-    } catch (error) {}
+      spawnedProcess = ChildProcess.spawn(command, args, { detached: true });
+    } catch (error) { }
 
     return spawnedProcess;
   };
 
-  const spawnUpdate = function(args) {
+  const spawnUpdate = function (args) {
     return spawn(updateDotExe, args);
   };