sciter sandbox

This is a sciter.js cross-platform development environment, making it easy to build and test Sciter applications. The environment automatically installs the Sciter SDK and provides various tools to streamline development.

features

• works on Windows, Mac and Linux
• automatically install the sciter SDK
• easily switch between SDK versions
• start scapp with inspector
• auto-detects changes to your code and refreshes
• lint javascript code (check for issues and format code)

requirements

• A recent version of Node.js node (tested with 22 LTS) and its package manager npm
  • On Windows and Mac download and run the installer
  • On Linux check the installation guide

start sandbox

• git clone the repository
• install packages npm install
• install default sciter SDK npm run install-sdk
• start the sandbox npm run scapp

NOTE: scapp command is broken in 6.0.0.4 and 6.0.0.5

commands

install sciter SDK

npm run install-sdk [version]

# example
npm run install-sdk 5.0.3.21

start scapp / usciter

npm run [scapp|scapp32]

npm run [usciter|usciter32]

close scapp, usciter and inspector

npm run stop

check SDK version

npm run sdk-version

lint code

Javascript code linting uses xo which uses eslint internally.

npx xo (--fix) [file1 file2]

Note: without files, xo automatically finds the files to lint.

add sandbox to your project

You can also use the sandbox in your own projects:

• inside your project root dir npm install --save-dev sciter-sandbox
• add the following scripts inside package.json

  "scripts": {
    "install-sdk": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/install.mjs",
    "sdk-version": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/version.mjs",
    "scapp": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/start.mjs scapp",
    "usciter": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/start.mjs usciter",
    "stop": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/stop.mjs",
    "scapp32": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/start.mjs scapp32",
    "usciter32": "node ./node_modules/sciter-sandbox/scripts/start.mjs usciter32"
  },

define project SDK version

You can set your project to use a specific SDK version by adding the object key sciterVersion: 5.0.1.2 inside package.json.

known issues

• Linux and Mac require more testing
• all OSes: usciter does not connect to the inspector
• Linux: inspector has issues communicating (I don't know why)

how to release

# bump version
npm version 1.4.6

# create package locally
npm pack

# publish package (send to npmjs.com)
npm publish