Hi Geertjan, That would be great - thanks! I don't have my src on GitHub, but this directory structure is created by React's sample application generator using cmd "npx create-react-app app" (see https://reactjs.org/docs/create-a-new-react-app.html#create-react-app ).
Tom On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 4:43 AM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> http://landofwolf.blogspot.com/ >> > -- [email protected] http://landofwolf.blogspot.com/
