Creating a web application in VS2015-preview allows the user to utilize NPM within the IDE. I cannot find a way to do this in a "Tools for Apache Cordova" project. I would like to effectively run npm install underscore --save within the IDE.
Currently running npm command from IDE is not supported for Tools for Apache Cordova project. Since Node.js is installed and configured as a part of Tools for Apache Cordova installation, you can use command prompt to run the npm command.
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Is there standalone setup installer for NPM windows?
The purpose is to install NPM without using internet connection
Installing NPM or Node.js requires an Internet connection. Even using cmd to install it, They download the files first in the background from the node.js website. Then, installing it. Or you can download it from the Node.js Official website.
Edit: Yeah there is but you still need to download it online.
I am new to the product and have minimal coding knowledge. I need to install the testcafe-vue-selectors plugin but the instructions on the github page are lacking detail. The say Install "$ npm install testcafe-vue-selectors" Where do I run this command?
Thanks and sorry for my lack of knowledge.
I assume that you have already installed TestCafe by running a single command in your terminal (command-prompt):
npm install -g testcafe
To install the plug-in, you need to execute a similar command in your terminal (in your project folder):
npm install testcafe-vue-selectors
No additional steps are required. Just ensure that Node.js and npm are installed on your computer.
While attempting to get the Forge Responsive Connected Database to build. I am unable to build this application on my Windows 10 machine. I am unable to succesffuly run “npm install”. I get the following errors as listed below. I ended up trying to use a pre-configured “canvas” and it still didn’t let the node app run.
https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/forge-rcdb.nodejs
I have tried these solutions to no success:
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/14543
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/wiki/Installation---Windows
https://github.com/substack/dnode/issues/181
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/629#issuecomment-153196245
https://www.npmjs.com/package/canvas-prebuilt
> canvas#1.6.10 install D:\DEVELOPMENT\Autodesk\forge-rcdb.nodejs3\node_modules\canvas
> node-gyp rebuild
D:\DEVELOPMENT\Autodesk\forge-rcdb.nodejs3\node_modules\canvas>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\steck\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v7.7.1\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node "node C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )
module.js:472
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'D:\DEVELOPMENT\Autodesk\forge-rcdb.nodejs3\node_modules\canvas\node C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:470:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:418:25)
at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:425:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:146:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:540:3
Here are the full installation and setup steps I tested on two different 2 different computers with Windows10 installed.
Pre-Installations:
Node.js - used v.6.x and v8.x
Node.js global packages:
npm-windows-upgrade(link):
This tool will move and install npm into Windows' spectial folder %appdata%.
Installation steps:
Open Powershell as Administrator and execute Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force.
Install tool by npm install --global --production npm-windows-upgrade
npm-windows-upgrade
Execute cmd npm-windows-upgrade --npm-version 5.6.0 in the Powershell (note. you can choose any version what you want, e.g. 6.0.1)
windows-build-tools(link):
This tool will install build tools required by the package node-gyp.
The installation will take some time to wait for the build tools to be downloaded and installed. If you might see a message Successfully installed Python 2.7 firstly, but you have to wait for the message Successfully installed Visual Studio Build Tools. shows up.
Open Powershell as Administrator and install tool by npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
node-gyp(link):
This tool is required by the package node-canvas while running npm install.
Open Powershell normally(say current user) and install tool by npm install -g node-gyp
Visual Studio 2017 (link):
This might be optional, I just installed it with VS C++ features in my cases.
Chocolatey (link):
This tool will make your life easier to install dependencies for package node-canvas on Windows.
Open Powershell as Administrator and execute Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')).
After installing Chocolatey, install node-canvas dependencies by choco install -y python2 gtk-runtime microsoft-build-tools libjpeg-turbo (You might see a warning message visuallstudiotool-vs2017 installation failed and you can ignore it. In my cases, it didn't affect the result)
GTK with cairo library (link):
This tool the required dependency for package node-canvas.
Installation steps:
Download precompiled X64 GTK package here.
Unzip all contents into C:\GTK.
Mongochef (link):
This tool will make your life easier to restore dummy database of the forge-rcdb.
MongoDB:
You can follow the instructions here to install MongoDB on your compture , or use MongoDB PaaS mlab instead.
Main Installations:
Download source codes of the forge-rcdb and unzip into somewhere you like. In my cases, I put it into my desktop.
Open Powershell normally(say current user) and change directory into the unzipped folder of the source code. For instance, execute cd Desktop\forge-rcdb-nodejs-master in the Powershell.
Run cmd npm install in the root of the source code folder. (You may see some error message while compiling the package node-canvas, but can see 'copied xxx.c', 'copied xxx.cpp', and so on in the same time, then you can ignore the errors. In my cases, it didn't be a problem to run forge-rcdb.)
Configurations:
Open config\development.config.js with your editor and change values of viewer section into:
viewer: {
viewer3D: 'https://developer.api.autodesk.com/derivativeservice/v2/viewers/viewer3D.js?v=4.0.1',
threeJS: 'https://developer.api.autodesk.com/derivativeservice/v2/viewers/three.js?v=4.0.1',
style: 'https://developer.api.autodesk.com/derivativeservice/v2/viewers/style.css?v=4.0.1'
}
Change the database section in the config\development.config.js with you MongoDB connection settings.
Restore dummy database data in the resources/db/dev or resources/db/prod via Mongochef's Import function.
Open Powershell normally(say current user) and set following environment variables:
$env:NODE_ENV="development"
$env:HOT_RELOADING="true"
$env:FORGE_DEV_CLIENT_ID="YOUR_CLINET_ID"
$env:FORGE_DEV_CLIENT_SECRET="YOUR_CLINET_SECRET"
Run the project
Change current directory of the Powershell into the source code folder of the forge-rcdb and type npm start
open http://localhost:3000 in your favorite browser.
Trouble Shooting
You might be not able to load any models in the browser. If you to test the functionality, please copy resources\models\prod\robot into resources\models\dev\robot. Afterward, navigate to http://localhost:3000/configurator in the web browser and mouse-click on Kinematics project, then you will see the model loaded on your screen.
If you see the response of http://localhost:3000/api/forge/user showing HTTP EORROR CODE 404 from the browser dev console, then you must have to check whether the CallBack URL of your Forge App used to host forge-rcdb in Forge Dev Protal is http://localhost:3000/api/forge/callback/oauth. (note. This config can be changed in config\development.config.js)
Afterward, you or your users must have to log into the website with Autodesk account to obtain 3 legged token from the Forge OAuth service to upload models in the gallery page.
If you get an empty array from the response of http://localhost:3000/api/models/configurator?limit=100&offset=0&search=, it means there is nothing in your MongoDB collection configurator.models. To fix this issue, you can import db content resources\db\dev\configurator.models.json into your MongoDB via Mongochef. (note. Please refer the step 3 of the configuration section)
If you cannot load any listed models from the web pages, it means there is not downloaded viewable bubbles in your resources\models\prod or resources\models\dev as well as your Forge OSS bucket. So, please check the urn value in your database whether you have those models in these positions previously mentioned.
If you found the main reason for item 3 of Trouble Shooting is that you didn't own models listed in the forge-rcdb, that's because these models are Autodesk's private models or uploaded by other users themselves before, that might not be shared to the public, unfortunately. To fix this issue, you have to change the example data of MongoDB Collections mentioned in step 3 of the configuration section to your own models.
Hope it helps.
Apache Cordova Dependency Checker fails in VS Community 2015. It was previously working on this computer until I ran several VS and 3rd party tools updates. Here's what I've done to try to resolve the issue:
Installed VS / Apache Cordova (no error messages displayed) following article https://taco.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/install-vs-tools-apache-cordova/
Run Apache Cordova Dependency Checker but VS freezes with the error message - VS 2015 has stopped working, windows will try to restart the program.
I restarted VS and cleared Cordova cache, checked environment variables (all good), then tried Apache Cordova Dependency Checker with the same freeze result.
I tried to update Apache Cordova with the fix option (no error messages) but received the same freeze results.
I completely uninstalled Apache Cordova, 3rd party tools (following article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3016536), and VS community and then reinstalled them (no error messages) but received the same freeze results.
I installed Apache Cordova on another computer and the dependency checker phonegap app... worked. Unfortunately that's not a computer that I have access to.
What else can I do to resolve the Apache Cordova installation issue?
Thanks for any help,
Mike
Since my original post, I've had to resolve Visual Studio, Ionic, Cordova, Phonegap, plugin... environment issue several times. I've found the below works best:
Ensure platform matches plugin requirements, see platform in config.xml e.g. 6.1.1
Uninstall, reinstall latest jdk (adobe)
Clear MEF Cache - download the tool and follow instructions
Download/install latest node.js
Run the following from the command line:
Clear cache: Npm cache clean
Install latest npm: npm install -g npm
Uninstall cordova: Npm uninstall -g cordova
Reinstall cordova: Npm install –g cordova (note, this took 5+ tries to complete without errors. No other changes were made between runs. Not sure
why. Found others complaining about the same issue.)
Remove Android platform: Cordova platform remove android
Install Cordova platform add android#6.X.X (Note, as of 4/20/17 cordova and android compatibility issue. Build error - unable to find installed version of gradle. resolved by running (npm install -g cordova#6.4.0) and (cordova platform add android#6.1.2). Addt'l build errors, resolved by updating components in Android SDK Manager)
Uninstall/Reinstall plugins from the command line. For example:
cordova plugin remove phonegap-plugin-push
cordova plugin add phonegap-plugin-push variable SENDER_ID="YourID#"
npm install bower -g
Restart Visual Studio - Verify plugins were installed via config.xml
Install Ionic:
npm uninstall -g ionic
npm install -g ionic (note: to install specific version, npm install -g ionic#2.2.3)
$ ionic platform add ios
$ ionic platform add android (note: redundant, already added above)
I recommend putting as much of this as possible in a batch file with a pause between commands. Verify each command was successful, if not press ctrl+break at the pause to term the batch file early. The batch file is an easy way to restore your environment when everything breaks again. Stuff happens!
I also started using a VM (oracle virtualbox) for my development environment. That way I can backup my environment before making changes and easily restore. Don't forget to upload to GIT on a daily basis. GIT and VMs are my lifesavers.
Cool NPM commands:
npm list (lists all installed packages)
npm prune (removes packages not depended on by your project according to your package.json)
npm outdated (tells you which installed packages are outdated with respect to what is current in the npm registry but allowable by the version definition in your package.json. Make sure all up-to-date)
Please feel free to add/make suggestions to the above list.
-Mike
I was able to install cordova originally but I am now unable to use it.
I have uninstalled using npm uninstall -g cordova, and this seems to be working as expected. When I attempt to reinstall it using the command npm install -g cordova, the installation seems to run, but when attempting to run cordova commands I get the cordova is not a recognized internal or external batch command message. This is on a Windows 7 Pro x64 machine. What could be the possible causes and fixes for this?
Do you already had the apacha ant ready? If not, try to download that from apache.org and put the patch folder where you extract this to your path variable.
You should add the cordova installation path folder to you path environment variables