If you can point to this or a similar source structure on GitHub, I’ll make a YouTube clip showing how to set it up in Apache NetBeans.
Gj On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 22:12, Thomas Wolf <tjw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > I'm just getting my feet wet with web-based application development (but > decades of Java dev experience using NB) and, up to this point, have been > using NB mainly as an editor for my first React app. > > The react application is working fine - with a standard react app > directory structure: > > app/ > build/ > node_modules/ > public/ > src/ > package.json > > My simple development cycle has been to start the app via 'npm start' and, > as I update the files in src/ using Netbeans (via "Favorites" window), npm > server picks up the changes and reloads the browser with my app. > > Debugging's basically been done by adding console.log messages :-( I > would love to debug from within the IDE instead. Is that even feasible or > must I rely on the browser-based debuggers? > > Is there a way I can create a NB project of the appropriate type from > "existing" source? If so, which project template should I use? Someone > suggested using "Node.js Application with Existing Source", but what do I > specify for "Source Folder"? I tried both "app" and "src", but NB doesn't > like either. When I click "Finish", NB just shows some warning msg for a > split second (too short to read) and stays on that screen. > > Clicking "Help" on this screen does nothing except produce a thud sound :-( > > I'm on NB 11.0 on a Mac (macOS 10.14.6) w. Java 11.03. NB's working fine > for my Java-based projects. > > Any help/steps would be much appreciated. > Tom > > > -- > tjw...@gmail.com > http://landofwolf.blogspot.com/ >
