Changed how node_modules are copied into the application bundle. attempting to produce a functioning executable.

gulpfile.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-const {src, dest, series} = require('gulp');
+const {src, dest, series, task} = require('gulp');
 const del = require('del');
 const ts = require('gulp-typescript');
+const npmDist = require('gulp-npm-dist');
 let tsSource = ts.createProject('tsconfig.json')
 
 let pageFiles = ['src/assets/pages/**', 'src/assets/pages/scripts/*', 'src/assets/pages/styles/*']
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ function root(){
     return src('src/*.js')
         .pipe(dest('build/'));
 }
+
 function pkg() {
     return src('package*')
         .pipe(dest('build/'));
@@ -31,6 +33,14 @@ function typescript(){
         .pipe(dest('build/util/'));
 }
 
+function dependencies() {
+    // Installs dependencies into build folder
+
+    return src(npmDist(), {base: './node_modules'})
+        .pipe(dest('./build/node_modules'));
+
+}
+
 exports.clean = clean;
 
-exports.default = series(conf, root, pkg, typescript);
+exports.default = series(conf, root, pkg, typescript, dependencies);

package-lock.json

@@ -2316,6 +2316,12 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "gulp-npm-dist": {
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-npm-dist/-/gulp-npm-dist-1.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7nank8dgqYXOR6K7VM5VdzvAmCGCaudUEbVKOkCVyu+/EK3QuD8PUJ+UlV/f2QWswN0jDXnHlM7FuT2BUt8P3w==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "gulp-typescript": {
       "version": "6.0.0-alpha.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-typescript/-/gulp-typescript-6.0.0-alpha.1.tgz",

package.json

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "@types/jquery": "^3.5.1",
     "gulp": "^4.0.2",
     "gulp-typescript": "^6.0.0-alpha.1",
+    "gulp-npm-dist": "^1.0.3",
     "del": "^6.0.0"
   }
 }