Solutions for unexpected problems from using electron

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If you are in china:

❌ `npm install electron` 
❌ `npm run build`

✅ `ELECTRON_MIRROR=http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron/ npm install electron`
✅ `ELECTRON_MIRROR=http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron/ npm run build`

For windows command line：(no space between two command)
✅ `set ELECTRON_MIRROR=http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron/&&npm run build`

If `fs-events` error hits you, e.g. when you use chokidar:

❌ `npm install`

✅ `npm install --no-optional`

If you use `electron-builder` and windows, you need to download and put some files to the right place:

https://blog.csdn.net/bailong1/article/details/78657605