It does not work for me. Steps:

% git clone https://github.com/ouliuquan/arduino-ide.git --depth 1 ./tmp \
&& nvm use 18 \
&& node -v \
&& git -C ./tmp rev-parse --short HEAD \
&& yarn --cwd ./tmp
Cloning into './tmp'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 636, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (636/636), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (591/591), done.
remote: Total 636 (delta 57), reused 262 (delta 18), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (636/636), 2.45 MiB | 6.12 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (57/57), done.
Now using node v18.12.1 (npm v8.19.2)
v18.12.1
d15d1ef
yarn install v1.22.18
[1/5] 🔍 Validating package.json...
error arduino-ide@2.0.2: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=16.0.0 <17". Got "18.12.1"
error Found incompatible module.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

It does not work for me. Steps:

% git clone https://github.com/ouliuquan/arduino-ide.git --depth 1 ./tmp \
&& nvm use 18 \
&& node -v \
&& git -C ./tmp rev-parse --short HEAD \
&& yarn --cwd ./tmp
Cloning into './tmp'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 636, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (636/636), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (591/591), done.
remote: Total 636 (delta 57), reused 262 (delta 18), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (636/636), 2.45 MiB | 6.12 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (57/57), done.
Now using node v18.12.1 (npm v8.19.2)
v18.12.1
d15d1ef
yarn install v1.22.18
[1/5] 🔍 Validating package.json...
error arduino-ide@2.0.2: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=16.0.0 <17". Got "18.12.1"
error Found incompatible module.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

Hi, @kittaakos, you need to change the arduino-ide/package.json

 "engines": {
 "node": ">=16.0.0 <17"
 },

to

 "engines": {
 "node": ">=16.0.0 <=18"
 },

I didn't send this package.json changes's PR, because I think that maybe I can't break your important limit for nodejs for some reason I hadn't know. If I can do this, I am happy to make a PR for "node": ">=16.0.0 <=18".

Hi, @kittaakos, you need to change the arduino-ide/package.json

No, you need to change it.

I am sure there are other places to adjust things, such as the CI workflow files... First off, why do you want to change to Node.js 18?

I am sure there are other places to adjust things, such as the CI workflow files... First off, why do you want to change to Node.js 18?

I'm learning VSCode/Theia framework, designing an IDE, and arduino-ide is the best at this. nodejs has marked nodejs 18 as LTS, so I plan to build on this version. I think it might be helpful for someone with the same needs.

I'm learning VSCode/Theia framework, designing an IDE, and arduino-ide is the best at this. nodejs has marked nodejs 18 as LTS, so I plan to build on this version. I think it might be helpful for someone with the same needs.

Thanks for your contribution. I appreciate it. I will advise you to wait for the Node.js 18 version update.

Reason: IDE2 uses the following electron version:

If you open IDE2 and toggle the DevTools, and print electron.versions to the Console, you will see that at runtime, the Node.js version is only 16.5.0:

Screen Shot 2022年11月07日 at 16 36 22

I will not risk accidentally using Node.js 18+ APIs at dev time that is incompatible or do not exist at runtime. I went through this once or twice, and I prefer waiting for the Theia community to do this shift, then we adjust IDE2.

Please feel free to continue with the PR and prepare IDE2 for the Node.js 18 support, but it might take months to merge.

I appreciate your understanding.

You're welcome, I've been doing Electron development, and I'm well aware of the issues here, so I'm just doing my own research carefully. The Theia team is waiting for the progress of the VSCode team, and we have to wait for the progress of Theia, otherwise it will be difficult for us to maintain a version of our own without the upstream organization.