Electron Apps Are Getting Safer to Use

Electron is now poised for the enterprise

Electron desktop applications are created using technologies that are familiar to millions of software developers. This makes for a low entry barrier, and accounts for much of its appeal.

Getting started is easy. Anyone familiar with Node.js can bootstrap a Hello World! desktop app with minimal fuss.

Of course there’s also the other big draw: that the same codebase can be used to simultaneously target Windows, Mac, and Linux. It all adds up to a compelling case for taking a closer look.

But creating a real Electron app is not for the faint of heart. Transforming that initial Hello World! into something fast and safe takes effort. Thankfully, security is the big news item for Electron in 2020.

2019 — An Inflection Year

Several significant events occurred over the past year, bringing about an inflection point in the project. Last year’s journey passed these major milestones:

• Regular releases began in earnest, with version 4.0 kicking off the new year, version 5.0 arriving in April, version 6.0 in July, and version 7.0 in October.
• In March, Electron adopted a governance structure, to formally lay out the rules of the…