node theia ide quickstart

theia quickstart instructions (including installing nvm node etc etc)

  • wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash
  • (logout and login again ! or source the bash script if you are a pro)
  • nvm install 10
  • nvm use 10
  • npm -g install yarn # (TOPTIP -g means READ and SET options globally)
  • mkdir mytheia
  • cd mytheia
  • vi package.json # (C&P from https://theia-ide.org/docs/composing_applications)
  • yarn # will autoinstall everything from your package.json
  • yarn theia build (takes approx 400 seconds)
  • yarn theia start
  • open http://localhost:3000

theia full instructions