RbxRefresh

With RbxRefresh, you can use external editors (Like Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text 3 or Atom) for ROBLOX development. RbxRefresh syncs your changes back into studio every time you save your files locally.

Prerequisites

1. NodeJS

Usage

1. npm install rbxrefresh -g
2. rbxrefresh SOURCE_DIRECTORY
3. Enable game.HttpService.HttpEnabled
4. Install and enable RbxRefresh Studio Plugin
5. Make changes and save.

Your source folder should mirror the roblox explorer structure where 'src' represents game. i.e.

ProjectFolder
	src
		ReplicatedStorage
			Classes
				Module.ModuleScript.lua
		ServerScriptService
			Server.Script.lua
		StarterPlayer
			StarterPlayerScripts
				Client.LocalScript.lua

Visual Studio Code

You can integrate RbxRefresh into your project by creating a .vscode folder inside your project directory. Inside of your .vscode folder create a file called tasks.json Here's the source I use for using RbxRefresh as task

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "taskName": "RbxRefresh",
            "command": "rbxrefresh",
            "args": ["${workspaceRoot}"],
            "type": "shell",
            "problemMatcher": [],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        }
    ]
}

After adding that, just hit ctrl+shift+B on Windows or cmd+shift+B on OSX to run RbxRefresh. Click inside the terminal pane and do Ctrl+C to cancel.

Sublime Text 3

An easy way to use Sublime Text 3 with RbxRefresh is by creating a build system.

You can do this using the following steps:

1. Tools > Build System > New Build System...
2. Paste the following into the new file

{
	"cmd": ["rbxrefresh", "$folder"],
	"shell": true
}

3. Save it as RbxRefresh.sublime-build
4. Tools > Build System > RbxRefresh

After creating the build system you can use Ctrl+B on Windows or Cmd+B on MacOS to start RbxRefresh instantly. RbxRefresh will be run on your top most project folder in the side bar. To add a project folder to Sublime, just drag it onto the window.