When building ...\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Js\dist is not found

[hahoyer]

Pulled the repo, executed ensure-symlinks, opened the sln file with visual studio 2019. When building dotnet-interactive with visual studio 2019 it fails with 1>CSC : error CS1566: Error reading resource 'Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.App.resources.dotnet-interactive.js' -- 'Could not find a part of the path 'A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Js\dist\dotnet-interactive.js'.'

[jonsequitur]

You'll also need to run npm i as indicated in the developer guide. Turns out this is needed regardless of whether you're planning to build the VS Code extension. We'll update the docs.

https://github.com/dotnet/interactive/blob/main/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#build-and-test

[jonsequitur]

@brettfo

[hahoyer]

The developer guide says "Run npm i in the <REPO-ROOT>/src/dotnet-interactive-vscode/ directory.", but there is no package.json. Did you mean dotnet-interactive-vscode-npm? But after executing npm i here the error is still there. Btw, the guide talks about code insiders. I want to use it with Visual Studio (19).

[jonsequitur]

You only need to use VS Code to work directly on the VS Code extension. You can use VS 2019 for the majority of the codebase. The JavaScript bits that need to be built are the ones that are in Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Js (for packaging into the dotnet-interactive tool) as well as the ones references by ExtensionLab.csproj. But the normal build should build them.

Were there other errors earlier in your build?

[hahoyer]

No:

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Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PackageManagement\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PackageManagement.csproj (in 1,19 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.AspNetCore\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.AspNetCore.csproj (in 1,29 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Http\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Http.csproj (in 1,12 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp.csproj (in 1,57 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.ExtensionLab.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.ExtensionLab.Tests.csproj (in 1,35 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents.csproj (in 98 ms). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell.csproj (in 2,23 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.VSCode\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.VSCode.csproj (in 2,27 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting.Tests.csproj (in 730 ms). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp.Tests.fsproj (in 1,08 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter.csproj (in 2,39 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell.Tests.csproj (in 2,5 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\dotnet-interactive.Profiler\dotnet-interactive.Profiler.csproj (in 2,58 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.ExtensionLab\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.ExtensionLab.csproj (in 1,02 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\interface-generator\interface-generator.csproj (in 1,46 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Tests.csproj (in 2,72 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\dotnet-interactive\dotnet-interactive.csproj (in 2,7 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp.Tests.csproj (in 2,71 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.SqlServer.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.SqlServer.Tests.csproj (in 2,77 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter.Tests.csproj (in 2,87 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.SqlServer\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.SqlServer.csproj (in 2,87 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\dotnet-interactive.Tests\dotnet-interactive.Tests.csproj (in 2,18 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents.Tests.csproj (in 1,56 sec). Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kql\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kql.csproj (in 1,9 sec). 1>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 2>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 3>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Telemetry, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ Restored A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kql.Tests\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kql.Tests.csproj (in 2,04 sec). 3>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Telemetry -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Telemetry\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Telemetry.dll 2>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents\Debug\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Documents.dll 1>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting\Debug\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting.dll 4>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 4>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive\Debug\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.dll 5>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PackageManagement, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 6>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 7>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Http, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 7>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Http -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Http\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Http.dll 5>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PackageManagement -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PackageManagement\Debug\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PackageManagement.dll 8>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 9>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 6>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell.dll 8>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp\Debug\netstandard2.1\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp.dll 10>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.AspNetCore, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 10>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.AspNetCore -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.AspNetCore\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.AspNetCore.dll 9>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp.dll 11>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 12>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.VSCode, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 12>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.VSCode -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.VSCode\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.VSCode.dll 11>Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter -> A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\bin\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter\Debug\net5.0\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Jupyter.dll 13>------ Build started: Project: dotnet-interactive, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ 13>Zipping directory "A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\obj\dotnet-interactive\Debug\net5.0\dotnetKernel" to "A:\develop\Training\interactive\artifacts\obj\dotnet-interactive\Debug\net5.0\dotnetKernel.zip". 13>CSC : error CS1566: Error reading resource 'Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.App.resources.dotnet-interactive.js' -- 'Could not find a part of the path 'A:\develop\Training\interactive\src\Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Js\dist\dotnet-interactive.js'.' 13>Done building project "dotnet-interactive.csproj" -- FAILED. ========== Build: 12 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

[brettfo]

@hahoyer Our build has a lot of moving parts (more than I'd like, really) so the only truly supported way to build is to run ensure-symlinks, followed by build.cmd. Only then can the .sln be opened in VS. I'll work on updating our documentation.

[hahoyer]

executing build.cmd did the trick (ensure-symlinks I already did).

[GeorgeS2019]

There is no Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Js directory

[GeorgeS2019]

ensure-symlinks unfortunately does now work with an exFAT formated drive :-(

The device does not support symbolic links

[GeorgeS2019]

The latest master has missing

• Utility folder
• dotnet-interactive.js
• dotnetKernel.zip

[GeorgeS2019]

There is no Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Js directory ensure-symlinks unfortunately does now work with an exFAT formated drive

Once I git clone in a non exFAT drive, I could

ensure-symlinks
build.cmd

After that, I zip the interactive folder and move the folder to a exFAT format drive

[jonsequitur]

I don't think making the build work without symlink support is something the dev team can prioritize. Is there any additional work to be done here or can we close this?

[GeorgeS2019]

DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md has been updated

From my side, it is fine to close it.