Teammates: test.json is causing error ?

[nkshschdv]

• Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 x64
• JDK Version: 1.7
• Eclipse / IntelliJ Version (if applicable): Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers. Neon.3 Release (4.6.3)

What I was trying to do / What I need help with
So, I m getting ONE error in validation in teammates > node_modules > jsonfilter > test.json as shown in the screen shot below.

Attempts to resolve the problem

Well , I re-read the documents, applied the settings in project properties and Eclipse preferences again just to confirm then restarted and cleaned the project but of no use.

[VamsiSangam]

Hi @nkshschdv ! Can you post a screenshot of the window which opens after you select Project > Properties > Validation > Click ... button beside Javascript Validation ? And please expand that window so that all the entries are visible.

[nkshschdv]

Of course! Although, I didn't understood the meaning of "click ... " but here is the screenshot below.

[VamsiSangam]

Actually, by ... I was referring to these buttons -

This is what shows up in my Validation window. When I click on ... beside Client-side Javascript, I get something like this -

This is where we add the exclusion rule for node_modules folder. I don't know how things go in Ubuntu. Try clicking on Client side JavaScript or JavaScript Validation in your window, see if you can get something similar to my 2nd image.

[nkshschdv]

Here is the JavaScript Validation Settings... Entries screenshot

[VamsiSangam]

Looks good! What about Client side JavaScript? Can you do similar setting changes to its options too?

[nkshschdv]

Uh! I don't know where that option exist in Eclipse IDE.

[VamsiSangam]

I meant this option -

Are you able to change any settings for that option?

[nkshschdv]

Done ! I'm curious what is the difference between two?
And its build and Manual option is not checked like others.

[VamsiSangam]

Honestly it confuses me too. Some versions of eclipse have 2 options as such.

Now do a Project > Clean. Your errors should get resolved. 😄

[nkshschdv]

It still shows the same error. Screenshot below

[VamsiSangam]

In your Problems tab which is showing you the error, can you tell me what Type it is? You should see the error type if you scroll that window to the right.

[nkshschdv]

its JSON type and it says "unexpected character at 2:0" in test.json . Screenshot below.

[VamsiSangam]

It is a JSON problem, which means your JavaScript validation settings are fine.

We don't validate JSON files in TEAMMATES. I noticed you have a JSON Syntax option in validation. Can you enable project specific settings for that and turn off the validation?

[nkshschdv]

It didn't solved the problem . However, Under Validation , I unchecked the "JSON Validator" build option and after cleaning the error is removed.I don't know , Is it done ?

[VamsiSangam]

Well yeah which ever way it is to disable JSON validation, I didn't know how to do it so I thought it would work.

So after unchecking Build for JSON Validator in Validation, did your error go away on Clean?

[nkshschdv]

yeah , You can see in the previous comment screenshot that Problem tab view shows zero error. But However , the error is shown if we manually go to file and open it. So, we effectively suppressed the error.

[VamsiSangam]

We needn't concern ourselves with errors from node_modules folder as they come from third party libraries. Which reminds me can you add an exclusion rule for JSON validation only for node_modules folder, instead of the whole application. The steps would be similar to that of what you followed to disable JavaScript validation for node_modules.

This is important because, we have plenty of JSON files used by the application, so disabling validation only for node_modules is a more accurate course of action. Let me know if you are able to do this.

[nkshschdv]

Done ! Yeah! You are right! I added the Exclude Group entry as node_modules . And consequently, no error shown after clean .

[nkshschdv]

So, I think i should move to next step of Setting up local Green CI. Well, There are no instructions in the documents regarding that ?

[VamsiSangam]

Cool! I'm really sorry we don't have this in our docs. We will update our docs accordingly. 👍

@whipermr5 I think we can add steps for excluding JSON validation to the node_modules folder in the docs. And interestingly my Kepler version of Eclipse doesn't even have any provision for JSON validation. So I guess this error can only pop in the recent versions.

@nkshschdv Local CI Green means you must execute the Travis CI tests in your Eclipse and have all of them passed (a few, < 5, failing cases are OK). You can execute the tests by clicking on the green play button on the top right side of your IDE and then select CI Tests. And don't forget to start your Dev server before running the tests.

[whipermr5]

@VamsiSangam Oh yea I missed it out when reporting #7159 😅 Could you open a first timer issue for it?

[nkshschdv]

@VamsiSangam The installation of Green-CI is very tricky and complex. I literally installed things in hurry in temptation. The official documents are not helpful for me to install the server.

[VamsiSangam]

"Installation"? Oh no :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: You don't have to install anything. Local CI Green is only a "term" we use, it does not refer to a library or server or anything which you were supposed to download.

For running tests, start your Dev server, and then click on the button I mentioned in the above image.

I've created a short video which demonstrates how to run tests. In the video, I stopped the tests after a short while, but you have to let it go until it is done :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: