[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-21005) Node / Bower / npm location should point to the node executable file instead of the parent folder of it

[Ilya Buziuk (JIRA)]

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Ilya Buziuk commented on JBIDE-21005:
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[~akazakov], sounds good. I also have some suggestions that we can discuss later (will write it here in order not to forget):
1) We might use ${system_path} for Linux - it seems to work neatly there
2) We might have issues on Mac, cause there might be nothing concrete in system path (desktop launch case). So we could detect tools in default locations: 
- usr/bin
- usr/local/bin
- usr/local/bower
- usr/local/npm 
etc..

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 Windows code should be smart enough to distinguish one from another and use "/path/to/node.exe /path/to/npm.cli.js" or "/path/to/npm.cmd" depending on the preference setting for the npm bin file.
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Yes, this is a good idea indeed. However, need to think how to implement it neatly and in a generic way - launching npm / bower *directly* breaks architecture of launching everything via node (launch that is not depend on path). But I anyways I do believe that user experience is more important than architecture to a certain extend

> Node / Bower / npm location should point to the node executable file instead of the parent folder of it
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-21005
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-21005
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Enhancement
>          Components: javascript, nodejs
>    Affects Versions: 4.3.0.Final
>            Reporter: Alexey Kazakov
>            Assignee: Ilya Buziuk
>             Fix For: 4.4.0.Alpha1
>
>
> Window->Preferences->Java Script tools->Node
> It's confusing that "Node Location" in that preference page is actually references to the parent folder of the executable node file. I would expect "/usr/bin/nodejs" or "C:/.../node.exe" in that field.
> IMO it's confusing and actually not very flexible. Why wouldn't let users to select the executable file itself?
> WDYT?



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