Chapter 15. Releasing and updating applications

This chapter covers

  • Sending crash reports from Electron
  • Sending reports of uncaught exceptions from Electron
  • Creating a server to collect crash and exception reports
  • Automatically pushing application updates to users

You’ve built your application, and you’re ready to distribute it to the world. You’ve prepared your announcement, and your cursor is hovering over the Publish button when—all of a sudden—your mind begins to race with some very important questions: What if it doesn’t work on all platforms as you expected? What if there is a bug you haven’t encountered yet? What if you need to push out a new version of the application to your users?

These concerns are all valid. The good news is ...

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