up and running medis

steps

1. download medis source

   1. from github

2. running locally

   1. install deps

       $ npm install
      

   2. compile assets

       $ num run build
       ...
       npm ERR! missing script: build
       ...
      

   3. run with electron

       $ npm run electron
      

fixed

1. npm ERR! missing script: build

   1. how to solve npm run build dev missing script

       npm run build
      
       will check `script` section of the `package.json`
       try to find a script titled `build`
      
       if no script named `build`
       it will error out
      

   2. check package.json

       $ more package.json
       ...
       "scripts": {
           "start": "rm Medis.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar; NODE_ENV=debug Medis.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron .",
           "dev": "./bin/dev",
           "deploy": "NODE_ENV=production ./bin/deploy",
           "release": "NODE_ENV=production ./bin/release",
           "sign": "./bin/sign",
           "unsign": "./bin/unsign",
           "tomedis": "./bin/tomedis"
       },
       ...
      
       # no build found
       # so use release
       $ npm run release
       ...
       npm ERR! Failed at the medis@0.6.1 release script 'NODE_ENV=production ./bin/release'.
       Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed
       ...
      

2. upgrade nodejs to the latest version on mac os

   1. use brew to update node

       $ brew update
       $ brew upgrade node
       $ npm install -g npm
      

   2. use npm

       $ sudo npm cache clean -f
       $ sudo npm install -g n
       $ sudo n stable