React tool wont build using js-common 6.1.0

[kinga17]

I generated a react frontend tool using the cli generate tool_react command. The autogenerated package.json has a dependency for @openc3/js-common 6.1.0.

The tool will not build because "dist/services.js" is missing. If I go in to node_modules/@openc3c/js-common and perform and yarn install and yarn run build, I get the error "error during build: Could not resolve entry module "index.html". I navigated to the npm registry and noticed that the dist folder is not there.

I am able to build my tool if I specify version 5.21.0-beta0 for the @openc3/js-common.

Is there a different build process for front end tools that I am missing?

[jmthomas]

This is effectively a duplicate of #1890 and was closed by #1893. Unfortunately it won't be 'fixed' until our next release which will be within the next few weeks.

[kinga17]

This is a duplicate once again. I see the npm registry now has js-common 6.2.0 published with the same issue as before where the the dist folder containing modules in services is still missing. Generating a tool auto generates a package.json with 6.0.3-beta which fails during "yarn run build" asking to choose between other modules that are also missing the dist/services folders.

[ryanmelt]

We are working on externalizing these dependencies for 6.3.0, but the 6.2.0 release was supposed to have fixed the dist folder. I'll look into it.

[ryanmelt]

Our release process in missing "yarn build" steps to build the dist folder before npm publish.

[ryanmelt]

I have manually pushed a version of both libraries with a -fix0 tag that now contain the dist folder. You can use those until the next formal release.

  "dependencies": {
    "@openc3/js-common": "6.2.0-fix0",
    "@openc3/vue-common": "6.2.0-fix0"
  },

[kinga17]

Thank you for pushing the repo, much appreciated. Is there any documentation for the javascript OpenC3Api available?

[ryanmelt]

Most of our scripting api should be available with a Javascript version (https://docs.openc3.com/docs/guides/scripting-api). We don't have any Javascript specific documentation at this time.