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Johann Hibschman

using child_process from amber?

Hi all,

I'm just getting started with Amber, and I can't figure out how to invoke child_process.execSync from within an Amber session. Can anyone give me a pointer?

I'm pretty new to the whole node ecosystem, and not that experienced with Smalltalk, so I may be missing something here. I wouldn't think I'd have to do anything with bower, since it's a built-in node module. The Workspace doesn't even like the name 'child_process'.

I'm trying to use Amber as a nice interface to a bunch of scripts and analytics, so I want to be able to shell out to the system to do things like invoke builds, etc.

Thanks,

Johann

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Herby Vojčík

Re: using child_process from amber?

Johann Hibschman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just getting started with Amber, and I can't figure out how to
> invoke child_process.execSync from within an Amber session. Can anyone
> give me a pointer?

Well, Amber is primarily meant to browser apps, though of course node apps can be written as well (just not supported that thouroughly). In fact, Amber's own CLI is written in Amber and is node.js app, and IIRC it invokes external apps (grunt-init, bower, npm, grunt).

Maybe follow the instructions on how to install Amber for development (lolg.it/amber/amber, CONTRIBUTING.md file) and look at AmberCli package to see the actual example.

> I'm pretty new to the whole node ecosystem, and not that experienced
> with Smalltalk, so I may be missing something here. I wouldn't think
> I'd have to do anything with bower, since it's a built-in node module.

bower is not used with node.js-based projects, just npm

> The Workspace doesn't even like the name 'child_process'.

Yes, https
://lolg.it/amber/amber/issues/20 :-)

> I'm trying to use Amber as a nice interface to a bunch of scripts and
> analytics, so I want to be able to shell out to the system to do
> things like invoke builds, etc.

It is certainly possible, as amber cli does this.

> Thanks,
> Johann
>
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Johann Hibschman

Re: using child_process from amber?

Thanks. I'll keep trying. I'm trying to use "childProcess := require value: 'child_process'", but I get "Error: Module name "child_process" has not been loaded yet for context: _. Use require([])".

I think that means I have to find a configuration file somewhere else to declare that dependency in, so I'll keep looking.

Cheers,

Johann

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 9:31 AM Herby Vojčík <[hidden email]> wrote:

Johann Hibschman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just getting started with Amber, and I can't figure out how to
> invoke child_process.execSync from within an Amber session. Can anyone
> give me a pointer?

Well, Amber is primarily meant to browser apps, though of course node apps can be written as well (just not supported that thouroughly). In fact, Amber's own CLI is written in Amber and is node.js app, and IIRC it invokes external apps (grunt-init, bower, npm, grunt).

Maybe follow the instructions on how to install Amber for development (lolg.it/amber/amber, CONTRIBUTING.md file) and look at AmberCli package to see the actual example.

> I'm pretty new to the whole node ecosystem, and not that experienced
> with Smalltalk, so I may be missing something here. I wouldn't think
> I'd have to do anything with bower, since it's a built-in node module.

bower is not used with node.js-based projects, just npm

> The Workspace doesn't even like the name 'child_process'.

Yes, https
://lolg.it/amber/amber/issues/20 :-)

> I'm trying to use Amber as a nice interface to a bunch of scripts and
> analytics, so I want to be able to shell out to the system to do
> things like invoke builds, etc.

It is certainly possible, as amber cli does this.

> Thanks,
> Johann
>
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