Adds JSON parse, invalid and missing main field errors

default_app/main.js

@@ -234,7 +234,13 @@ function loadApplicationPackage (packagePath) {
     packagePath = path.resolve(packagePath)
     const packageJsonPath = path.join(packagePath, 'package.json')
     if (fs.existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
-      const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath))
+      let packageJson
+      try {
+        packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath))
+      } catch (e) {
+        showErrorMessage('Unable to parse package.json, it contains errors.\n\n' +
+          `${e.toString()} in ${packageJsonPath}`)
+      }
       if (packageJson.version) app.setVersion(packageJson.version)
 
       if (packageJson.productName) {
@@ -242,21 +248,39 @@ function loadApplicationPackage (packagePath) {
       } else if (packageJson.name) {
         app.setName(packageJson.name)
       }
-
+      if (!packageJson.main) {
+        showErrorMessage('App is missing \'main\' property in package.json.\n\n' +
+          `See: ${packageJsonPath}`)
+      }
       app.setPath('userData', path.join(app.getPath('appData'), app.getName()))
       app.setPath('userCache', path.join(app.getPath('cache'), app.getName()))
       app.setAppPath(packagePath)
     }
-
+    const Module = require('module')
+    try {
+      Module._resolveFilename(packagePath, module, true)
+    } catch (e) {
+      showErrorMessage('Unable to find Electron app.\n\n' +
+        `See: ${packagePath}`)
+    }
     // Run the app.
-    require('module')._load(packagePath, module, true)
+    Module._load(packagePath, module, true)
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
+      showErrorMessage('Unable to open Electron app.\n\n' +
+        `${e.toString()}`)
+    } else {
+      console.error('App threw an error when running', e)
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function showErrorMessage (message) {
   app.focus()
   dialog.showMessageBox({
     message: 'Error opening app',
-        detail: 'Unable to open or find an Electron app.\n\n' +
-            `${e.toString()}`,
+    detail: message,
     buttons: ['OK', 'Learn More']
   }, (response) => {
     if (response === 1) {
@@ -264,11 +288,6 @@ function loadApplicationPackage (packagePath) {
     }
   })
   process.exit(1)
-    } else {
-      console.error('App threw an error when running', e)
-      throw e
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 function loadApplicationByUrl (appUrl) {