How to add modules. For absolute beginners.

doubleT

By the way, if you start the mirror with npm start dev instead of just npm start, it’ll start up with a console at the side where it will show you errors that often point you to the line of code that has an error.

For example, if I remove one of the commas between the { settings objects }, it’ll show:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token {      config.js:68

The opening bracket in line 68 of config.js is unexpected because a comma after the closing bracket in line 67 is missing. (This is just an example, it’s probably a different line in your code.)

EDIT
I think this thread should have stayed clean and we should have done this in your already existing thread about these same issues.

But to bring some more value to this helpful thread, here’s a good and easy text on objects and arrays in JavaScript (that’s what the setting in config.js is made of): https://eloquentjavascript.net/04_data.html
Please consider reading and consulting this before moving on or asking the same question in yet another thread.

Coltjb45

@doubleT thanks for everything, I got it working. Now some other hiccups to work on.

noiz13

@doubleT said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

Sublime Text

what text editor is that?

doubleT

A good one. :) www.sublimetext.com

johnnyboy

@Mykle1 said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

Go to this page of modules:

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/MagicMirror²-Modules#3rd-party-modules

Hey up Amigo… You may want to update the modules page url - https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-Party-Modules

Mykle1

@johnnyboy said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

Hey up Amigo…

Not much, you? I hope all is well with you and yours.

I corrected the url, I think. :-)

johnnyboy

@Mykle1

Yeah, all good here thanks. …Still lurking here as you can see.
I’ve been looking around for a good (Similar) alternative to Wunderground… Looked at our other Amigo’s one - NOAA3 - and liked the layout of that, although yet to download and see if it will work okay here in Scotland?

Any other ones you could say that are pretty neat, that are also worth considering?

Mykle1

@johnnyboy

Yes, I like and use NOAA3 still. Jeff’s weather module seems to be pretty popular. Have a look at that one. I use my own weather module mostly, MMM-BMW-DS. It uses the DarkSky API. I wanted something completely different in layout and appearance. Take a look if you like.

cowboysdude

So @Mykle1 how do you add modules?

Mykle1

@cowboysdude said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

So @Mykle1 how do you add modules?

You take a module and then you take another module and then add them together. You should now have 2 modules. ;-)