Building mirror without programing

[zam]

@yo-less Thanks for the tips But unfortunately i am getting an error on windows 10 PC

[Mitchfarino]

@yo-less You’re a hero!

I didn’t know this was possible either, but I’m gonna get it installed on my laptop.

It’s annoying when I have a spare 30 minutes, but I have to get the pi/monitor out and set it all up before getting started!

Now I can mess around and tinker on my laptop!

Cheers

[cowboysdude]

This method is no longer working… it’s throwing errors like crazy. Latest version of nodejs and npm still throws errors and won’t install.

[f0084r]

Just in case someone bumps into this like I did, I just followed the directions yo-less posted above and it worked fine for me on windows 10.

[schmo90]

Hy thanks this is working very fine.
now i am trying to get it working with visual studio 2015.
has anyone expirience with that IDE and node.js?

i am able to load it, but i cannot start and debug the mm solution

[amanzimdwini]

Works like a charm! (except that folders constantly have the post-name _Master - which you need to remove: after installation, make sure everything “lives” in the folder C:\MagicMirror (or similar)

Notes on how to install modules - here are MY 2 cents:
Find the module you like; go to the GTT depository but select “Downloads as Zip”. Find the ZIP file and extract it into the MODULES subdirectory (in my example, C:\MagicMirror\modules). RENAME the folder you just created by removing the trailing _Master.
Presto. Works great.

[cowboysdude]

@amanzimdwini said in Building mirror without programing:

Works like a charm! (except that folders constantly have the post-name _Master - which you need to remove: after installation, make sure everything “lives” in the folder C:\MagicMirror (or similar)

Notes on how to install modules - here are MY 2 cents:
Find the module you like; go to the GTT depository but select “Downloads as Zip”. Find the ZIP file and extract it into the MODULES subdirectory (in my example, C:\MagicMirror\modules). RENAME the folder you just created by removing the trailing _Master.
Presto. Works great.

Well that our just use -master in your config file ;) LOL

[amanzimdwini]

@cowboysdude - DUH. Sorry - good point!

[cowboysdude]

@amanzimdwini said in Building mirror without programing:

@cowboysdude - DUH. Sorry - good point!

LOL Well I just rename them but I know how you feel. I believe they do it that way because that way the user knows it’s getting the correct branch :)

[strawberry 3.141]

@cowboysdude this will not work, because the js file cannot be found then

@amanzimdwini if yozu dont install the modules wuth git clone you have to redo the whole process for every update