Electron: From Beginner to Pro: Learn to Build Cross Platform Desktop Applications using Github's Electron

© Chris Griffith, Leif Wells 2017

Chris Griffith and Leif Wells, Electron: From Beginner to Pro, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2826-5_2

2. Installing Electron

Chris Griffith¹  and Leif Wells²

(1)San Diego, California, USA

(2)Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Getting your work environment configured to use Electron is fairly straightforward, but there are a couple of items required to get you started. If you are an experienced developer, you probably already have Node and Git installed. If so, feel free to skip to the Install Electron section of this chapter. If not, let’s get started by installing Node.

Before Installing

These days, people install new programs on their computers and devices every day without thinking about it. While all of the programs you ...