Setup and Installation - Electron Documentation

Prerequisites

Before you start developing with Electron, you need to have Node.js installed on your system. Node.js includes npm (Node Package Manager), which you'll use to install Electron and other dependencies.

Make sure you have Node.js installed first. You can download it from nodejs.org.

Installing Electron

To get started, install Electron via npm. It's recommended to install Electron as a development dependency in your project:

npm install electron --save-dev

This command will download Electron and add it to your project's devDependencies in the package.json file.

Installation Steps

Install Node.js - Download and install Node.js from the official website
Create a project directory - Set up a new folder for your Electron application
Initialize npm - Run npm init to create a package.json file
Install Electron - Run npm install electron --save-dev to add Electron to your project

Project Setup

After installing Electron, your project structure should look like this:

my-electron-app/
├── node_modules/
├── package.json
├── package-lock.json
└── main.js (to be created)

Verifying Installation

You can verify that Electron is installed correctly by checking its version:

npx electron --version

This should display the installed Electron version number.