read csv-data and put it in an array

[Perlchamp]

shame on me. i didn’t install npm , tztztz …
ok, now it works fine …
the mistake i made before was to create an empty node_helper.js in my modul-folder, though the errors came …
how said, everything’s fine now, but i will have a lot of work writing a node_helper.js. i copied your node_helper.js (sample) ini my module-folder => no errors :-)
how said, i’m a noob and i don’t know, if i can handle this all to manage.

i want to code a small app, showing me the birthdays of the actual month. like this:

maybe you can be my tutor, taking my hands and help me …

so long
many thanks in advance

stay healthy
keep corona away

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp said in read csv-data and put it in an array:

i want to code a small app,

there is a minimum set of stuff to do… its not small if you don’t understand the stuff…
I will answer questions and teach a little of the structure… I won’t write anything for you.

[Perlchamp]

that’s not what i wanted (writing code for me). my big problem is, not to know how i can start, how i can test code-snippets and so on …
i read some articles, but when i want to test some lines of code, i don’t know what to do. in my magicmirror module i can’t do that => error messages … i hope that i have expressed myself clearly and understandably …
if i have a code-snoppet, go to terminal and put in

node xxx.js

path not found, module not found, and many other error messages … maybe i soon despair …

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp is the xxx.js in the current folder? if not u need to give path to the file

you can do in MM module, with messages… there are two parts… the server side (node_helper) whose messages (console.log) come out on the same terminal window
the browser side (modulename.js) uses Log.log. and displays only in the developer window

I have modified a logging module that will display them together on the terminal window

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Logging
install this as the FIRST module in the list
use this definition in config.js

		{
            module: 'MMM-Logging',
            disabled: false,
            config: {
                // Module functions out of the box with nothing set here.
                // See below for configurable options.
                echoLocal: true, 
                echoRemote: true,
                overwriteBrowserMethods: true,
                format: "{{message}} ({{folder}}/{{file}}:{{line}} {{method}})",
            }
        },

[Perlchamp]

thanks a lot, i will try to “play” with it. can take some time …

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp ok, if you are trying to use the csv-> somethign libraries and installed them in you module folder, then u want to be IN that folder to run your sample node xxx.js tests so the module folder path is right for require()

[Perlchamp]

@sdetweil said in read csv-data and put it in an array:

u want to be IN that folder

you mean in my module folder? it’s called “MMM-birthdaylist” …

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp correct

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-birthdaylist
node xxx.js

note xxx.js can’t do anything specifically MagicMirror related no module register no sendSocketNotification

[Perlchamp]

ok, thanks a lot sam :-)
no i will try to play with it.

[Perlchamp]

Log.log("hello Log");

=> Log.log(“hello Log”);
^

ReferenceError: Log is not defined
at Object. (/home/thomas/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-birthdaylist/test.js:1:1)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)
at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:623:3)

console.log("hello console");

=> hello console

[Perlchamp]

another question:
what can i do with MMM-logging. if i start npm start in the MagicMirror folder nothing will displayed. and to test, etc. i have to close MagicMirror because it fill the hole screen …

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp log.log only works in the modulename.js (the part loaded in the browser)
we call it that cause its filename matches the module name

[Perlchamp]

ok, thanks again :-)

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp u can redirect the output of npm start to a file, npm start >somefile

u can minimize the window with alt-spacebar, n

u can open the developers window ( for the modulename,js debugging) npm start dev
or if mirror already running use f12 or ctrl-shift-i on the keyboard

I debug from my PC, ssh connected to pi, or I run MM on my PC… and debug there

[Perlchamp]

what do you use for debugging on pc ?
do you have x64 or arm-based pc ?

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp x64, run linux or windows (today on linux), doesn’t matter… same debug process… look at console or browser window
if I need to debug modulename.js on pi, I open browser from PC to the mirror URL and do it there

[Perlchamp]

AND:
thanks a lot for YOUR time. i hope it will not been wasted … i will working hard to get some results …

[Perlchamp]

@sdetweil said in read csv-data and put it in an array:

I open browser from PC to the mirror URL and do it there
I debug from my PC, ssh connected to pi, or I run MM on my PC… and debug there

how ?

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp on MagicMirror, in config, set address:“0.0.0.0”,
And ipWhitelist:[],

Then u can connect to the mm url from anywhere in your house/office.
http://ipaddress:port

Then f12 or ctrl-shift-i on the browser keyboard to open the developers window.

[Perlchamp]

ok thank.
if i want to test

    readCSV: fs.readFile('birthdaylist.csv', 'utf8', function (err, data) {
	var dataArray = data.split(/\r?\n/);
	Log.log(dataArray);

or

readList: function() {
	var JFile=require('jfile');
	var myF=new JFile("MMM-birthday.txt");
	myF.lines // ["first line","second line"]

i have to do this in node_helper right? and first i have to require them and of course to install them … something i forgot ?