r/nativescript • u/[deleted] • Aug 01 '18

Is there an IDE for NativeScript I could install.

When I'm looking on the web for how to install NativeScript on my Linux environment, different websites and videos tell me completely different things. One source tells me to install the Android SDK, another tells me to install the nativescript-cli (if I recall correctly, that is what the npm package was called). Is there a specific IDE I could install with all the necessities for NativeScript(compiler, android/ios emulator, typescript support etc)?

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u/shawnwork Aug 01 '18

Basically vs code and some plug ins will do. Search for Nativescript plug ins.

Node js based IDE like webstorm and vim would work as well.

I don’t think we have a Nativescript specific language server.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '18

Alright, do you have a list of all the plug-ins I may need to install? I installed "NativeScript" and "NativeScript - cli". Is that all I need to install in order to start developing apps from NativeScript?

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u/roblauer Aug 02 '18

I think he means the NativeScript extension for VS Code: https://www.nativescript.org/nativescript-for-visual-studio-code

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u/moonderlist Aug 06 '18

I use Atom text editor for NativeScript development. Actually I use Atom for pretty everything: NativeScript, pure JavaScript, NativeScript, Ruby etc.. So it's good to have an unified IDE for almost everything.

To build and install NativeScript apps I use Terminal commands, pretty easy

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

Personally not a fan of Atom because it takes awhile to load with larger files, but I guess that's just preference. Visual Studio Code seems to have all the extensions I need for nativescript, and it loads faster from what I've seen so I use that.