refactor: path-references refactoring and using 'import' instead of 'require' (#1752)

* refactor references to 'userData' and 'appData' directories to move hardcoding into single location
* convert to es6 for lower memory usage as per https://codesource.io/the-difference-between-import-and-require-in-javascript/

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js b/src/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js
index 493253e17..1ed4b7167 100644
--- a/src/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js
+++ b/src/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { ipcMain, app } from 'electron';
+import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
 import net from 'net';
 import { LOCAL_HOSTNAME } from '../../config';
+import { userDataPath } from '../../environment';
 import startServer from '../../internal-server/start';
 
 const DEFAULT_PORT = 45569;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export default (params) => {
         }
         console.log('Starting local server on port', port);
 
-        startServer(app.getPath('userData'), port);
+        startServer(userDataPath(), port);
 
         params.mainWindow.webContents.send('localServerPort', {
           port,