SDK with VSCode. Is it possible?

[funk101]

I'd prefer to use VSCode for developing for MotiveWave rather than Eclipse. Can someone point me in a direction in getting this setup please?

 

[Spin]

I cannot help you with VSCode.
But I can point you here:
https://support.motivewave.com/forum/index.php?threads/sdk-spins-utlimate-intellij-setup-thread.664/


I hope this helps !

 

[ruah]

I use VS Code with dev containers. Here you can find my Dockerfile plus instructions on how to build and use the environment.

GitHub - maykathm/dockerized-motivewave-env: Dockerized development environment for developing Motive Wave studies with VS Code

Dockerized development environment for developing Motive Wave studies with VS Code - maykathm/dockerized-motivewave-env

github.com

If you don't want to use dev containers, all you need to do is to set up ANT (you could perform the same actions I do in the Dockerfile) on your native system, and then just execute the "ant" command from the build directory.

 

[Spin]

I use VS Code with dev containers. Here you can find my Dockerfile plus instructions on how to build and use the environment.

GitHub - maykathm/dockerized-motivewave-env: Dockerized development environment for developing Motive Wave studies with VS Code

Dockerized development environment for developing Motive Wave studies with VS Code - maykathm/dockerized-motivewave-env

github.com

If you don't want to use dev containers, all you need to do is to set up ANT (you could perform the same actions I do in the Dockerfile) on your native system, and then just execute the "ant" command from the build directory.

What a great resource !!! ?


Many thanks for putting all that togehter, @ruah !!!
I am sure your clear instructions will help many aspiring MW-coders !

 

[Fu510n]

I decided to see if I could get the (VSCode-based) Cursor IDE working for MotiveWave development since I've pretty much switched all of my non-Java development over to that a year+ ago, opting to pay them $20/mo and cancelling my OpenAI/ChatGPT subscription (haven't regretted either choice so far; Cursor has the ability to basically use ALL LLMs out there - you get to pick which ones to use/ignore via Settings).

I've been using the IntelliJ Community edition for all MotiveWave development thus far (per instructions/suggestions in the forum here) but like most IDEs these days, any AI-support costs additional $$$ so figured I'd see how difficult it would be to switch over to Cursor (or even just vanilla VSCode).

I already had Java JDK/SDK & Ant installed (on Windows 11);

>java -version
java version "21.0.3" 2024-04-16 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 21.0.3+7-LTS-152)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.3+7-LTS-152, mixed mode, sharing)

>javac -version
javac 21.0.3

>ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.15 compiled on August 25 2024

Java I installed per the usual methods; Ant I installed via Scoop. There are other instructions for using Cursor, but all I really got from that was to make sure I had the "Extension Pack for Java" installed (on either VSCode or Cursor).

Then, I just created a .vscode/tasks.json file containing:

{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "ant: compile",
"type": "process",
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": [
"/c",
"ant",
"-f",
"build\\build.xml",
"compile"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
},
"group": "build",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "new",
"focus": false,
"clear": true
},
"problemMatcher": {
"owner": "java",
"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceFolder}"],
"pattern": {
"regexp": "^(.*)\\d+)\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
"file": 1,
"line": 2,
"column": 3,
"severity": 4,
"message": 5
},
"background": {
"activeOnStart": true,
"beginsPattern": "^.*javac.*$",
"endsPattern": "^.*BUILD.*(SUCCESS|FAILED).*$"
}
}
},
{
"label": "ant: deploy",
"type": "process",
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": [
"/c",
"ant",
"-f",
"build\\build.xml",
"deploy"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
},
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "new",
"focus": false,
"clear": true
},
"problemMatcher": {
"owner": "java",
"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceFolder}"],
"pattern": {
"regexp": "^(.*)\\d+)\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
"file": 1,
"line": 2,
"column": 3,
"severity": 4,
"message": 5
}
},
"dependsOn": "ant: compile"
},
{
"label": "ant: jar",
"type": "process",
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": [
"/c",
"ant",
"-f",
"build\\build.xml",
"jar"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
},
"group": "build",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "new",
"focus": false,
"clear": true
},
"problemMatcher": {
"owner": "java",
"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceFolder}"],
"pattern": {
"regexp": "^(.*)\\d+)\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
"file": 1,
"line": 2,
"column": 3,
"severity": 4,
"message": 5
}
},
"dependsOn": "ant: compile"
},
{
"label": "ant: deploy_jar",
"type": "process",
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": [
"/c",
"ant",
"-f",
"build\\build.xml",
"deploy_jar"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
},
"group": "build",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "new",
"focus": false,
"clear": true
},
"problemMatcher": {
"owner": "java",
"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceFolder}"],
"pattern": {
"regexp": "^(.*)\\d+)\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
"file": 1,
"line": 2,
"column": 3,
"severity": 4,
"message": 5
}
},
"dependsOn": "ant: jar"
},
{
"label": "ant: clean",
"type": "process",
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": [
"/c",
"ant",
"-f",
"build\\build.xml",
"clean"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
},
"group": "build",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "new",
"focus": false,
"clear": true
},
"problemMatcher": []
}
]
}

...I have Ctrl-Shift-B assigned to compile/deploy via the usual build.xml file (i.e. what worked in IntelliJ already - I changed nothing). You can also run it via the "Terminal" menu drop-down menu->Run Build Task, etc.

"Just worked" - and now I can have AI fix/suggest/break whatever. I literally just told it to fix all type warnings throughout ALL MW Java studies to clean up the mess of "Problems" and it did them all in a few minutes.

My .02 - YMMV