poll github for new releases - closes #6

app/components/Header/Header.scss

@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@
   font-size: 30px;
 }
 
+.header__update {
+  color: darken($green, 5%);
+
+  &:hover {
+    color: $green;
+  }
+
+  .fa {
+    margin-right: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 .header__version {
   span {
     font-size: 12px;

app/components/Header/Header.tsx

@@ -33,19 +33,30 @@ export class Header extends React.Component<Props, any> {
     remote.getCurrentWindow().minimize();
   }
 
-  private openGithub(): void {
+  private openReleases(): void {
     shell.openExternal('https://github.com/mgerb/ps-launcher/releases');
   }
 
+  private openBugReport(): void {
+    shell.openExternal('https://github.com/mgerb/ps-launcher/issues');
+  }
+
   public render(): any {
+    const { updateAvailable } = this.props.AppState;
+    const updateClass = updateAvailable ? 'header__update' : '';
+
     return (
       <div className="header">
         <div className="header__version">
           <img src={headerIcon}/>
-          <span style={{ fontSize: '10px' }}>v{VERSION}</span>
+          <span style={{ fontSize: '10px' }}>{VERSION}</span>
         </div>
         <div className="header__draggable-region"></div>
-        <i className="fa fa-lg fa-github header-icon"  onClick={this.openGithub.bind(this)}/>
+        <div className={'header-icon ' + updateClass} onClick={this.openReleases.bind(this)} title="Releases">
+          {updateAvailable && <span style={{ fontSize: '12px' }}>Update Available!</span>}
+          <i className="fa fa-lg fa-github"/>
+        </div>
+        <i className="fa fa-exclamation-triangle header-icon" onClick={this.openBugReport.bind(this)} title="Report a bug"/>
         <div className="header-icon header-icon--minimize" onClick={this.minimize.bind(this)}/>
         <div className="header-icon header-icon--maximize" onClick={this.maximize.bind(this)}/>
         <div className="header-icon header-icon--close" onClick={() => this.exit()}>×</div>

app/state/AppState.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import { action, computed, observable, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { persistentStateSeed } from './persistent-state-seed';
+import { versioning } from '../util';
+import 'babel-polyfill';
 
 export interface ExpansionType {
   name: string;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ export class AppState {
   @observable public expansions: { [key: string]: ExpansionType };
   @observable public isBootstrapped: boolean = false;
   @observable public selectedExpKey: string = 'vanilla';
+  @observable public updateAvailable: boolean = false;
 
   constructor() {
     this.bootstrap();
@@ -118,10 +121,17 @@ export class AppState {
     this.persistState();
   }
 
-  // bootstrap application
-  // creates directory and persistent store in appData
+  // bootstrap process for application
   @action
   private bootstrap(): void {
+
+    // start interval to check for updates
+    // 5 minutes
+    this.startVersionCheck();
+    setInterval(() => {
+      this.startVersionCheck();
+    }, 5 * 60000);
+
     if (!fs.statSync(this.appPath).isDirectory()) {
       fs.mkdirSync(this.appPath);
     }
@@ -146,6 +156,16 @@ export class AppState {
     });
   }
 
+  private async startVersionCheck(): Promise<void> {
+    const update = await versioning.checkForUpdates();
+
+    if (update) {
+      runInAction(() => {
+        this.updateAvailable = update;
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   // save state of app to file in app data
   private persistState(): Promise<void> {
 

app/util/index.ts

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from './toast/toast';
+export * from './versioning/versioning';

app/util/versioning/versioning.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import axios from 'axios';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
+class Versioning {
+  private readonly releaseEndPoint: string = 'https://api.github.com/repos/mgerb/ps-launcher/releases';
+
+  public async checkForUpdates(): Promise<boolean> {
+    const res = await axios.get(this.releaseEndPoint);
+
+    return !!_.find(res.data, (release: any) => {
+      return this.parseVersion(release.tag_name) > this.parseVersion(VERSION);
+    });
+  }
+
+  
+  /**
+   * returns a number value for a version string matching '0.0.1'
+   * @param {string} version 
+   * @returns {*} 
+   * @memberof Versioning
+   */
+  public parseVersion(version: string): number {
+    const parts = version.split('.');
+    return _.sumBy(parts, p => parseInt(p, 10));
+  }
+}
+
+export const versioning = new Versioning();

package.json

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
   "author": "Mitchell Gerber",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^6.21.0",
+    "axios": "^0.17.0",
+    "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
     "babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.2.1",
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0",

yarn.lock

@@ -393,6 +393,13 @@ aws4@^1.2.1, aws4@^1.6.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.6.0.tgz#83ef5ca860b2b32e4a0deedee8c771b9db57471e"
 
+axios@^0.17.0:
+  version "0.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.17.0.tgz#7da747916db803f761651d6091d708789b953c6a"
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "^1.2.3"
+    is-buffer "^1.1.5"
+
 babel-code-frame@^6.11.0, babel-code-frame@^6.26.0:
   version "6.26.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-code-frame/-/babel-code-frame-6.26.0.tgz#63fd43f7dc1e3bb7ce35947db8fe369a3f58c74b"
@@ -409,7 +416,7 @@ babel-code-frame@^6.22.0:
     esutils "^2.0.2"
     js-tokens "^3.0.0"
 
-babel-core@^6.21.0, babel-core@^6.26.0:
+babel-core@^6.26.0:
   version "6.26.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-core/-/babel-core-6.26.0.tgz#af32f78b31a6fcef119c87b0fd8d9753f03a0bb8"
   dependencies:
@@ -1998,7 +2005,7 @@ debug@2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     ms "0.7.1"
 
-debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.1.3, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.6.6, debug@^2.6.8:
+debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.1.3, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.6.6, debug@^2.6.8, debug@^2.6.9:
   version "2.6.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz#5d128515df134ff327e90a4c93f4e077a536341f"
   dependencies:
@@ -2771,6 +2778,12 @@ flatten@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flatten/-/flatten-1.0.2.tgz#dae46a9d78fbe25292258cc1e780a41d95c03782"
 
+follow-redirects@^1.2.3:
+  version "1.2.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.2.5.tgz#ffd3e14cbdd5eaa72f61b6368c1f68516c2a26cc"
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^2.6.9"
+
 font-awesome@^4.7.0:
   version "4.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/font-awesome/-/font-awesome-4.7.0.tgz#8fa8cf0411a1a31afd07b06d2902bb9fc815a133"