p5.serialcontrol

GUI (Electron) application for use with p5.serialport

Runs and controls p5.serialserver (no need to install and run it separately)

Download a release here: releases

OSX Development

Install dependencies

1. npm install

Rebuild serialport library (more on this here)

1. rm -rf node_modules/serialport/build/*
2. node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -w serialport -f

OSX Compilation

1. npm install electron-packager
2. electron-packager ./ p5.serialcontrol --arch=x64 --platform=darwin --overwrite OR npm run package-mac

Windows Development

Install dependencies

1. npm install

Rebuild serialport library

1. cd p5.serialcontrol/node_modules/p5.serialserver/node_modules/serialport
2. HOME=~/.electron-gyp node-gyp rebuild --target=1.7.8 --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell

Note: target is the Electron version and should match version below

Windows Compilation

1. npm install electron-packager
2. electron-packager ./ p5.serialcontrol --version=1.7.8 OR npm run package-win