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OzWookiee asked dga commented

MSFS Avionics Framework will not compile

Following the documentation here: https://microsoft.github.io/msfs-avionics-mirror/docs/getting-started/setting-up-your-environment a user in a fresh environment will get the following errors:

> msfssdk@0.1.0 build
> tsc

utils/DebounceTimer.ts:5:18 - error TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'NodeJS'.

5   private timer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
                   ~~~~~
Found 1 error.

This is because it is missing the types library and section from the `tsconfig.json`

The user must first:

 npm install @types/node

and then edit the tsconfig.json file adding the following to the `compilerOptions`:

"types": [
      "node"
    ]

Once this is done, the SDK will compile

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FlyingRaccoon avatar image FlyingRaccoon ♦♦ ·
@dga FYI :)
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OzWookiee avatar image OzWookiee ·

Build process also does not include the package.json file and so user trying to integrate into project will get the following error:

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OzWookiee avatar image OzWookiee ·
Manually copying this file from the sdk folder allows this to then be used in other projects. Build process needs to be updated (assuming)

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OzWookiee avatar image OzWookiee ·

Following on from this, using the tutorial to make our first component: https://microsoft.github.io/msfs-avionics-mirror/docs/getting-started/creating-your-first-component
This also suffers from errors, which I can only assume extends from the initial build failures.

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StevenPearce answered dga commented

I didn't even know this thing existed; looks great and very useful. Should be linked more prominently from the main documentation page.

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dga avatar image dga ·

Since late December, the Avionics Framework that was developed alongside the NXI is open source and regularly mirrored on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/msfs-avionics-mirror
It will receive more content and updates to the Framework with every public snapshot from our Repo. This usually happens alongside updates to Avionics (like the NXI).

With it comes some documentation: https://microsoft.github.io/msfs-avionics-mirror/docs/framework/

The MSFS team hopes that providing patterns and utilities with the Framework and the Avionics using it (as great examples) helps jumpstart other developers that want to get into this.

We are in talks on where to place this Framework in the landscape and make it better known, when its ripe for a bigger audience.

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StevenPearce avatar image StevenPearce dga ·
Is the Proline 21 in the next release?
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dga avatar image dga StevenPearce ·
It will be on there, when it releases ;)
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dga answered OzWookiee commented

Hi @OzWookiee

Thanks for reporting the issues and workarounds you found, running through the tutorial.
These are problems that happen starting from a clean environment. Our dev environment already inherited these missing dependencies, so we didn't catch it early on. Sorry.

This will be corrected when the GitHub mirror receives the next public snapshot, which will happen very soon.

Regards,
Dominik

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Thanks @dga just want to help make it better ;)
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