Почему не node + .net ?

Всю жизнь пишу .net код (и под boo и по js .net и под node-clr) обычным Саблаймом.

Зависимости - никакой .-.

А, ну и под IronPython в свое время.

Я имел в виду gui приложения, без vs сложно собирать

Ну... Если вместо WinForms сразу взять WPF - терпимо.

Не идеально, да, но трепимо.

electron v1.6.4 beta
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.6.4

Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where APIs like webContents.executeJavaScript would fail

if the loaded page had deleted the Promise global. #8845 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8845)
Fixed an issue where the zoom level would reset incorrectly. #8864 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8864)
Fixed an issue where plugins, like widevine, were not initialized fully

when a window was created. #8907 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8907)
Fixed a crash when taking heap snapshots. #8926 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8926)
Fixed an error being thrown when calling toString on a remote

function. #8890 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8890)
Fixed an issue where specifying an object to the Menu.popup API would

throw an error if the optional async property was not set. #8974 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8974)
Fixed a crash when quitting the app. #8971 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8971)
Windows
Custom V8 snapshots now load correctly. #8926 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8926)
API Changes
Added support for native PDF rendering. #8435 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8435)
Added support for Node integration in web workers. #8852 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8852)
Several NativeImage APIs now support a scaleFactor option like
toDataURL, toBitmap, getBitmap, and toPNG. #8849 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8849)
NativeImage now has an addRepresentation method to build up an image

with different representations at different scale factors. #8858 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8858)
Buffer objects are now supported over ipcRenderer when using sandbox

mode. #8900 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8900)
The remote module is now available when using sandbox mode. #8939 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8939)
Added a clipboard.readBuffer API to read a custom format type from

the clipboard as a Buffer. #8942 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8942)
macOS
Added support for creating segmented touch bar items. #8887 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8887)
Added support for creating scrubber touch bar items. #8910 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8910)
Linux
The uploadToServer option to crashReporter.start is now supported. #8883 (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8883)

как такие апдейты получить в электроне?

у запплин есть десктопное приложение?

да, но к вопросу это мало относится)

Такое хз
Но апдейтер есть

который нативный?

Не. Видел еще

который от electron-builder?

они все дергают нативный, а он дерьмо

электрон периодически вываливает

DataSet: Cannot call function 'query' on missing remote object 981
Error: Cannot call function 'query' on missing remote object 981
    at throwRPCError (C:\Users\Sheldhur\WebstormProjects\Vector\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\rpc-server.js:145:17)
    at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Sheldhur\WebstormProjects\Vector\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\rpc-server.js:363:7)
    at emitMany (events.js:127:13)
    at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:201:7)
    at WebContents.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Sheldhur\WebstormProjects\Vector\node_modules\electron\dist\resources\electron.asar\browser\api\web-contents.js:249:37)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at WebContents.emit (events.js:191:7)

Мож тип данных в функцию не валидный подаешь?

нет