ipc solution

MAIN.JS
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const electron = require('electron')
const Menu = require('electron').Menu
const MenuItem = require('electron').MenuItem
// Module to control application life.
const app = electron.app
// Module to create native browser window.
const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow
// external browser
const shell = require('electron').shell;

const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')

var log = require('electron-log');

// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
let mainWindow

function createMenu() {
    const menuTemplate = [{
        label: 'File',
        submenu: [
            {
                label: 'Preferences',
                click: () => {
                    mainWindow.webContents.send('openPage');
                }   
            }, {
                type: 'separator'
            }, {
                label: 'Quit',
                click: () => {
                    app.quit();
                }   
            }   
        ]   
    }];

    const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(menuTemplate);
    Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
}

function createWindow () {
    // Create the browser window.
    mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})
    mainWindow.maximize();

    // and load the index.html of the app.
    mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
        //pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'devices.html'),
        pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'),
        protocol: 'file:',
        slashes: true
    }), {"extraHeaders" : "pragma: no-cache\n"})

    // Open the DevTools.
    mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()

    // Emitted when the window is closed.
    mainWindow.on('closed', function () {
        // Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
        // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
        // when you should delete the corresponding element.
        mainWindow = null
    })

}

// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.on('ready', function() {
    createWindow();
    createMenu();
});







RENDERER.JS
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var Test = angular.module('Test', ['ngMaterial', 'ngAnimate', 'ngMessages', 'ngRoute']);

Test.config(['$routeProvider', function ($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider
        .when('/', {
            templateUrl: 'empty.html'
        })
        .when('/preferences', {
            templateUrl: 'preferences.html'
        });
    $routeProvider.otherwise({ redirectTo: '/' }); 
}]);

var testController = function($rootScope, $scope, $location)
{
    self.ipcRenderer = require('electron').ipcRenderer;

    self.ipcRenderer.on('openPage', function() {
        $location.path('/preferences');
    });
};
Test.controller('testController', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$location', testController]);