get rid of friendly-errors-webpack-plugin

build/start.js

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ const compiler = webpack(config({ development: true }));
 let electronStarted = false;
 
 const watching = compiler.watch({}, (err, stats) => {
-  if (!err && !stats.hasErrors() && !electronStarted) {
+  if (err != null) {
+    console.log(err);
+  } else if (!electronStarted) {
     electronStarted = true;
-
     childProcess
       .spawn(electron, ["."], { stdio: "inherit" })
       .on("close", () => {
         watching.close();
       });
   }
+
+  console.log(stats.toString({ colors: true }));
 });

build/webpack.base.config.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const nodeExternals = require("webpack-node-externals");
-const FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin = require("friendly-errors-webpack-plugin");
 
 const envName = (env) => {
   if (env.production) {
@@ -47,8 +46,5 @@ module.exports = env => {
         }
       ]
     },
-    plugins: [
-      new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin({ clearConsole: env.development })
-    ]
   };
 };

package.json

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     "electron": "^12.0.2",
     "electron-builder": "^22.5.1",
     "electron-mocha": "^10.0.0",
-    "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "^1.7.0",
     "mocha": "^8.3.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.6",
     "spectron": "^14.0.0",