Which version of Node.js is needed to build eXide?

[adamretter]

The README.md should say which version of Node.js is needed to build eXide.

I just tried with 12 - which generates warnings like:

npm WARN read-shrinkwrap This version of npm is compatible with lockfileVersion@1, but package-lock.json was generated for lockfileVersion@2. I'll try to do my best with it

It then fails with this:

❯ npm run build

> exide@4.0.0 build /Users/aretter/code/eXide
> node scripts/build.js prepare && npm run xqlint && node scripts/build.js


> exide@4.0.0 xqlint /Users/aretter/code/eXide
> cd support/xqlint && node r.js -o build.js && cd ../..

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:818
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/aretter/code/eXide/support/xqlint/r.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:667:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:60:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! exide@4.0.0 xqlint: `cd support/xqlint && node r.js -o build.js && cd ../..`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the exide@4.0.0 xqlint script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/aretter/.npm/_logs/2023-03-19T09_50_21_142Z-debug.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! exide@4.0.0 build: `node scripts/build.js prepare && npm run xqlint && node scripts/build.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the exide@4.0.0 build script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/aretter/.npm/_logs/2023-03-19T09_50_21_187Z-debug.log

I then also tried with 14 which fails with the error:

Run `npm audit` for details.
❯ npm run build

> exide@4.0.0 build
> node scripts/build.js prepare && npm run xqlint && node scripts/build.js


> exide@4.0.0 xqlint
> cd support/xqlint && node r.js -o build.js && cd ../..

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:892
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/aretter/code/eXide/support/xqlint/r.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:889:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:745:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:76:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

I also tried with 16, which fails with a slightly different error:

❯ npm run build

> exide@4.0.0 build
> node scripts/build.js prepare && npm run xqlint && node scripts/build.js


> exide@4.0.0 xqlint
> cd support/xqlint && node r.js -o build.js && cd ../..

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:959
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/aretter/code/eXide/support/xqlint/r.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:956:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:804:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

---

So which version of Node.js is needed to build eXide, none of versions 12, 14, or 16 work for me :-(

[joewiz]

I'm able to build with the version of node installed by nvm install stable - v17.6.0.

joe@choskimac-iii eXide % nvm use stable
Now using node v17.6.0 (npm v8.5.1)
joe@choskimac-iii eXide % npm run build

> exide@4.0.0 build
> node scripts/build.js prepare && npm run xqlint && node scripts/build.js


> exide@4.0.0 xqlint
> cd support/xqlint && node r.js -o build.js && cd ../..


Tracing dependencies for: main
Uglifying file: /Users/joe/workspace/eXide/resources/scripts/xqlint.min.js

/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/resources/scripts/xqlint.min.js
----------------
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/Errors.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/StaticContext.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/CommentParser.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/CommentHandler.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/Translator.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/utils.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/XQueryParser.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/XQueryTokenizer.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/XQueryLexer.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/JSONParseTreeHandler.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/Compiler.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/FormatWriter.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/visitors/CodeFormatter.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/lib/visitors/SemanticHighlighter.js
/Users/joe/workspace/eXide/support/xqlint/main.js

Bundling eXide source files ...

  resources/scripts/eXide.min.js      2.1mb ⚠️
  resources/scripts/eXide.min.js.map  7.0mb

⚡ Done in 256ms
Bundling jQuery plugins ...

  resources/scripts/jquery/jquery.plugins.min.js  34.6kb

⚡ Done in 16ms
Creating xar eXide-4.0.0.xar
DONE.

Agreed that the README should say what version of node is targeted, or that we'd include an .nvmrc file, or both.

[adamretter]

This was actually caused by a bad git submodule!