![]() Let’s take a look at the directory structure created by WebStorm: On the next screen you need to ensure WebStorm knows where the node executable files are and make sure you have “Jade” selected as the template engine:Īfter clicking ok, WebStorm will use npm (the node package manager) to download express and jade to your project directory under the “node_modules” folder. Once you have WebStorm installed, fire up the IDE and we can create our first Node.js Express application using the Jade template engine.Ĭlick “Create New Project” from the welcome screen.Įnter a project name, project location and choose “Node.js Express App” as the project type. Also ensure you’ve already installed node.js over at. If you are ready to see how WebStorm and Express make Node.js development fast and enjoyable, go to and download and install the trial version. Before diving into the WebStorm IDE and Express, I suggest you go through the Node Beginner Book tutorial so that you have a better understanding of the core Node.js platform. In this post I’ll be explain how to quickly get up and running with Node.js and Express, a great web application framework for Node.js that handles a good bit of the plumbing described in the Node Beginner Book such as building a request router. Manuel Kiessling’s Node Beginner Book goes through a great Node.js tutorial and explains in detail how to call long running processes (such as a database query or disk I/O operation) and not cause the request to block other operations. To achieve high concurrency and scalability, Node.js leverages JavaScript’s event loop and function callbacks for longer running processes so that complex concurrent thread locking logic is not required. Node.js is a popular framework for building scalable server-side applications in JavaScript. Over the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with Node.js and learning about how to use some of the great packages written for it. WebStorm is aware of CommonJS module structure and suggests proper auto completion options:ĭevelop your Node.JS applications with pleasure!ĭownload WebStorm for your platform from this project EAP page.Getting started with Node.js, Express and Jade using the WebStorm IDE Run / debug parameters can be tweaked for the created run configuration. Although NodeJS path is auto-detected, it’s possible to change it by editing the “Default” configuration.Īfter you’ve run the correctly created configuration, it is possible to debug Node app using breakpoints, stepping, expressions evaluation, etc. ![]() The easiest way to start is right from the editor popup menu: There are several ways to run or debug Node.JS app script. This setting is needed for completion, validation and debugging of standard NodeJS symbols. Otherwise you can always download Node.JS JavaScript source files from (e.g. If you have Node.JS installed from sources, specify its location there. To do that, click the icon on the toolbar. Initially, you’ll need to configure the location of Node.JS JavaScript files in the IDE. The same steps apply for PhpStorm 3.0 EAP or IntelliJ IDEA 11 EAP with Node.JS plugin installed. ![]() This is a simple tutorial on how to get started with Node.JS development in WebStorm 3.0 EAP. ![]()
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