The electron-builder project that we are using with our Electron application also provides support for automatic updates. In this section, we will learn how to set up a GitHub repository so that we can store and distribute application updates.
Our Markdown Editor application is going to check for new versions on each start-up and notify users if a new version is available. Let's set up automatic updates for Electron applications:
- First, let's create a new GitHub repository and call it electron-updates. Initialize it with the README file to save time cloning and setting up the initial content:
Please select Public mode for the new GitHub repository. This is going to simplify the entire configuration and update ...
