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Debugging with Sublime Text 2 and 3

James DiGioia edited this page Feb 15, 2015 · 10 revisions

Sublime Text 2 is a great cross-platform editor for building node-webkit apps, you can download it here: http://www.sublimetext.com/2

Mac OS X

  1. Download node-webkit.app and place it in /Applications folder

  2. From the Sublime Text 2 menu select Tools -> Build System -> New Build System

  3. Enter the following code:

    {
        "cmd": ["node-webkit", "--enable-logging", "${project_path:${file_path}}"],
        "working_dir": "${project_path:${file_path}}",
        "path": "/Applications/node-webkit.app/Contents/MacOS/"
    }
  4. Save the configuration as nodeWebKit.sublime-build on the suggested folder

  5. Open a new window in Sublime Text 2 using File -> New Window

  6. Add your project to the window using Project -> Add Folder to Project...

  7. Open your main application file (ex.: index.html) from the left side menu

  8. Select Tools -> Build System -> nodeWebKit (required step just for Sublime Text 3)

  9. Select Tools -> Build

  10. At this point node-webkit application will launch with your project and you will be able to see the debugging output in Sublime Text 2

Work the same with Sublime Text 3, just notice step 8

Windows

As above, but the commands for the build system are as follows (replacing the path with the location of nw.exe):

{
    "cmd": ["nw.exe", "--enable-logging", "${project_path:${file_path}}"],
    "working_dir": "${project_path:${file_path}}",
    "path": "C:/Tools/node-webkit/",
    "shell": true
}
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