Does anyone know how to install GameClosure on Windows? According to the docs, on the installation guide, only osx is supported, although they have some success running on Linux and Windows. Unfortunately they don't expand on how to do this and a Google turns up only one promising looking page which returns a 404 (there is a cached version but it only seems to be a half article).
I have successfully installed the GC DevKit on Windows, there are a few additional steps like creating symbolic links BEFORE trying to install the GC DevKit.
Follow these steps carefully and you shouldn't have a problem getting it up and running. Read through them and try to understand what is required first.
Download the list of required items (Windows builds for Git, Node and Java) from the install guide.
Open up Git Bash (find it on the start menu under Git)
Continue with the install guide by cloning the repo (git clone https://github.com/gameclosure/devkit).
The files would have been installed to %USERPROFILE% if you did not change the directory while in Git Bash.
Move all the files in devkit\SDK somewhere else but make sure they are gone from that directory.
Open a normal command-prompt (cmd.exe).
Create symbolic links for everything that WAS under the devkit\SDK directory using mklink (available in Vista and above) from the command-prompt (not the Git Bash console). The files you moved in step 5 will contain the path as text that the link should be pointed to EG: > mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\devkit\sdk\squill" "..\lib\squill\"
JSIO is special and actually needs to exist in a sub-directory at the time of writing. Create the directory devkit\SDK\jsio and then create a symbolic link INSIDE that going back one more relative path. EG: > mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\devkit\sdk\jsio\jsio" "..\..\lib\js.io\packages\"
Go back you your Git Bash console and now continue with the installation for GC DevKit by switching to the devkit directory running the ./install.sh script as described.
Run basil by executing node src/basil [command]
If all the correct pre-requisites were in place everything should go smoothly. If basil throws errors it's more than likely the symbolic links, just check that everything is pointing to the right place and run ./install.sh to try again.
Good luck!!
There is now a full guide to installing Game Closure SDK on Windows here (I have also posted the contents in pastebin here in case the previous link disappears)
It's quite a process to get everything installed and configured, and looks like you can only develop for Android using the windows version of the SDK, but I may be mistaken
I wasn't able to get it installed on windows, but it's easy enough to install on linux, so I ended up using virtualbox and a linux vm. Cygwin could be another option but I didn't try it so unfortunately can't say for definite whether or not it would work
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I have an application building in Nw.js. Its almost done, but now facing an issue. While on clicking nw.exe on code (development) it is opening very fast, within in 2 seconds. But when I create a build using nwbuild -p win64 . , it is taking a lot time of time, say a minute to open and giving a feeling that app is opening itself.
The code base when built, the .exe is 21 MB size. Appreciate, if some one could help me to understand why this happens and what to make it open faster.
nwbuild is not recommended by official now, maybe try nwjs-builder-phoenix or create you own distribute script. As I remember, nwjs-builder-phoenix also not handle node_modules folder size very good.
Here is how I distribute my package:
copy NW.js binaries client to dist folder
copy my working source project into a folder named package.nw(Windows) or app.nw in nwjs.app/Contents/Resources/(MacOS)
run npm prune --production under the path you just copy your source into. https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/prune.html
using npm package plist(for MacOS) or rcedit(for Windows) to change the binaries client's information about version, nanme, author ..etc
For mac these is alot of things needs to be changed if you want to publish to appstore http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Users/Advanced/Support%20for%20Mac%20App%20Store/
Is it possible to run a JavaScript file with node.js on windows? I have been trying to for hours and can't find any more solutions on the internet that work.
I have a js-file that uses scribbletune which only works with node.js.
I have node.js installed and I installed gitbash because it was recommended in a forum.
I tried to run from command prompt and gitbash but nothing seems to happen.
What am I doing wrong? Any help would be very much appreciated.
There is no need to install gitbash to use Node on Windows. It's a handy thing to have if you're used to a *nix environment. If you're not, it just gives you something more to learn, which isn't helpful if you're already in the middle of trying to learn Node.
Just:
Get the Windows installer from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
Run the Windows installer
Create a directory for your project
Open a Command Prompt Window to get a command line
Switch to your project directory
(Optional, but a good idea) Use npm init to create a package.json file (it'll walk you through it)
Install any libs you're going to be using via npm (for instance, npm install scribbletune from your command prompt window)
Put your JavaScript files in that directory
Use node main.js at the command line to run your main file (whatever it's called; main.js is just a placeholder)
Inorder to run a js (java script file) file
step 1. u need to go to the file location where u want to run.
step 2. just use "shift +right click".
u will see a pop-up and go to powershell or cmd.
step 3. type "node FILENAME.js"
final step: you will see the result ^.^
Following the title, I have am unable to execute cmdlets, exe, shellscripts, vb. All that I am able open is git bash, but again, I have no admin rights. Are there any ways of accomplishing this? 1 idea i had was to create a local website that does this for us in the form where we upload a zip file to the website then it does its stuff then repacks it and sends it back to us via a local zip file download?
EDIT:
I am trying to document out a front end site coded in react. Only thing that is able to run anything within itself is Git Bash. No execution of .exe's or cmdlets withing Git Bash works though...
Well, apparently if u have git bash in ur restricted laptop and have the ability to push ur commit to git hub, it seems that using EDoc node module does the job.
Instead of saving globally (which won't work) do a npm install -save esdoc.
Then instead of running esdoc -c [json file], use ./node_modules/esdoc/out/src/esdoccli.js -c [json file]
Worked beautifully for me. Hope this helps anyone who faces a similar situation as me. Feel free to add additional methods to generate documentation.
I'm a newbie and that's ok.
But when I use tutorials, they always tell me to go straight to my terminal and install documents from there in which I have no clue what the next step is and no idea why I have to do it. Is it essential that I install frameworks through terminal or can I just work without it?
ex. http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/real-time-messaging-for-meteor-with-meteor-streams/
"Let’s create a very simple, browser console based chat application with Meteor Streams. We’ll first create a new Meteor application:"
meteor create hello-stream
I understand this is may not be very challenging, but I don't have a clear answer when I try and simply google it. Anything would help, thanks a lot!
Being a newbie is ok.
The terminal is the go to because writing programs, tools, and scripts with a couple lines of bash or python is, well, a couple of lines versus an entire gui and all the lines of code to go with it.
meteor create hello-stream
That's telling you to run the program called meteor with the supplied arguments (create hello-stream).
If you haven't installed meteor, do that next. From their website, open your terminal and type/paste:
curl https://install.meteor.com | sh
That downloads a file from the URL and pipes (|) it to the sh command. The file it downloads is a shell script that takes care of setup/installation. Now go back and try the meteor command again.
More reading
You might try and find a terminal tutorial. This is the first one I found:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
Answer from someone who only recently (as in: within the last year) got into using the Terminal more and more frequently:
It's generally a good idea to get used to using the Terminal for code-related things as you can pretty much use it platform-independently (meaning you can use the same commands on Mac, Linux, Windows,...) and because it makes you understand better what you're actually doing.
Once you've got the hang of it, it can make navigating your system as well as making changes to it easier. Hidden files, for example (like .gitignore files, or files in your .ssh directory, or your .bash_profile), can be viewed, opened and edited easily from the Terminal whereas you have to take multiple, complicated steps (or install other software) to view them from your Finder.
With the help of package managers (like Homebrew), which are also operated from the Terminal, you can also install software that isn't otherwise available for Mac.
I have installed Node.js on Windows (binary here http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/ ) and can successfully create an HTTP server in console.
Now I have put same instructions in helloworld.js script in bin directory and run with dos prompt
node helloworld.js
and it cannot find in /usr/bin. So I put it under Node.js install directory in usr/bin but same message. I finally tried c:/usr/bin but still failed.
So where should I put my script it on windows ?
screencopy of error
Firstly, there are no such thing as DOS prompt in Windows. And if you take effort to create one (e.g. using DosBox or another virtual machine), node.js is not supposed to be run from a DOS prompt as it's a Windows console application and not a DOS application lol. But calling Windows command prompt DOS prompt is a common misnomer, so I hope you really mean that cmd.exe prompt.
Unlike a previous commenter said, Node.js is fully supported under a complete installation of Cygwin, and almost everything works using the stripped Cygwin tree and node.js windows binaries I provide at http://node-js.prcn.co.cc.
So that /usr/bin problem is not related to an incompatibility with windows. You are even not supposed to put your .js files in bin directory of my tree - any location (and normal absolute or relative Windows path) will work.
I created an example.js in bin directory, created console.log("foo") line in it, went to start menu - windows prompt, cd to the bin directory and executed node helloworld.js without any problems.
So as I cannot reproduce your problem, I have a few questions for you:
1) Does node -v work? If yes, what does it say?
2) Did you extract whole tree (e.g. bin, lib directories etc) or just node.exe from the .7z archive I provide?
3) Are you running shell.cmd or a plain windows prompt from start menu or by running cmd.exe ? (all three ways are supported)