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+import type { App, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
+
+/**
+ * Installs the react and redux developer tools extensions.
+ *
+ * We use the redux devtools and connect the mobx store to it with `mst-middlewares`,
+ * because the mobx-state-tree devtools are currently unmaintained.
+ *
+ * @param app The electron application instance.
+ */
+export function installDevToolsExtensions(app: App): void {
+  app.whenReady().then(async () => {
+    const {
+      default: installExtension,
+      REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS,
+      REDUX_DEVTOOLS,
+    } = await import('electron-devtools-installer');
+    installExtension(
+      [
+        REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS,
+        REDUX_DEVTOOLS,
+      ],
+      {
+        forceDownload: false,
+        loadExtensionOptions: {
+          allowFileAccess: true,
+        },
+      },
+    );
+  }).catch((err) => {
+    console.error('Failed to install devtools extension', err);
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Opens the developer tools while applying a workaround to enable the redux devtools.
+ *
+ * @param browserWindow The browser window to open the devtools in.
+ * @see https://github.com/MarshallOfSound/electron-devtools-installer/issues/195#issuecomment-998872878
+ */
+export function openDevToolsWhenReady(browserWindow: BrowserWindow): void {
+  const { webContents } = browserWindow;
+  webContents.once('dom-ready', () => {
+    webContents.once('devtools-opened', () => {
+      browserWindow?.focus();
+    });
+    webContents.openDevTools();
+  });
+}