If you're anything like me, you're a big fan of JavaScript and its ecosystem, and you've been utilizing it to create excellent online apps using frameworks like React or fast web servers with NodeJS. You now want to create a desktop application but don't want to learn a new programming language, or you want to reuse as much as possible from your previous web projects. It is when Electron comes into play to save the day.
You can use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create desktop applications using Electron. There are numerous complaints against Electron on the internet: poor performance and frequent low-quality apps; however, don't blame the framework; Electron is robust and may be performant. Many popular applications today are built on top of it.