Add automated checks for desktop app runtime #233

- Add automation script for building, packaging, installing, executing
  and verifying Electron distrubtions across macOS, Ubuntu and Windows.
- Add GitHub workflow to run the script to test distributions using the
  script.
- Update README with new workflow status badge.
- Add application initialization log to desktop applications to be able
  to test against crashes before application initialization.

scripts/check-desktop-runtime-errors/utils/log.js

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+export const LOG_LEVELS = Object.freeze({
+  INFO: 'INFO',
+  WARN: 'WARN',
+  ERROR: 'ERROR',
+});
+
+export function log(message, level = LOG_LEVELS.INFO) {
+  const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
+  const config = LOG_LEVEL_CONFIG[level] || LOG_LEVEL_CONFIG[LOG_LEVELS.INFO];
+  const formattedMessage = `[${timestamp}][${config.color}${level}${COLOR_CODES.RESET}] ${message}`;
+  config.method(formattedMessage);
+}
+
+export function die(message) {
+  log(message, LOG_LEVELS.ERROR);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const COLOR_CODES = {
+  RESET: '\x1b[0m',
+  LIGHT_RED: '\x1b[91m',
+  YELLOW: '\x1b[33m',
+  LIGHT_BLUE: '\x1b[94m',
+};
+
+const LOG_LEVEL_CONFIG = {
+  [LOG_LEVELS.INFO]: {
+    color: COLOR_CODES.LIGHT_BLUE,
+    method: console.log,
+  },
+  [LOG_LEVELS.WARN]: {
+    color: COLOR_CODES.YELLOW,
+    method: console.warn,
+  },
+  [LOG_LEVELS.ERROR]: {
+    color: COLOR_CODES.LIGHT_RED,
+    method: console.error,
+  },
+};