Are there differences in error handling between the main process and renderer processes in Electron?

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Are there differences in error handling between the main process and renderer processes in Electron?
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Yes, there are significant differences. The main process runs Node.js and has access to the operating system and its modules. Errors here can crash the entire application. Renderer processes run in a browser environment, and their errors typically only affect that specific window. Renderer process errors can be caught using `try...catch` within the renderer's JavaScript or by attaching an error handler to the `window` object (`window.onerror`). The main process has access to Node.js specific error handling mechanisms like `process.on('uncaughtException')`.