If you like using
Eclipse as your preferred
IDE for your coding, there is an easy way to use the built in
External tools feature in Eclipse to launch
Node.js applications, without having to install any external plugins.
Here is a short guide how.
To launch this, we need to create a custom External tool launch configuration. Start by opening up your External tool configurations.
This can by done by going "Run" - "External Tools" - "External Tools Configurations...", or by clicking on the External tools shortcut in the toolbar:
Select "Program" and then click on the "New launch configuration" button:
Once the configuration window opens, do the following:
- Select a name for your run configuration, for example "node.js - Hello World".
- "Location" should point towards node.js launch command, for Window-users this can point directly to node.exe.
- "Working Directory" should points towards your project. This can be done by clicking on the "Browse Workspace..." button.
- Enter the name of the JavaScript file you want node.js to execute. In my case it is "main.js".
- Apply and close the window.