Cannot find runtime 'node' on PATH - Visual Studio Code and Node.js

Question

With a downloaded and installed version of Visual Studio Code 1.2.1, and a 64bit version of node.exe msi placed in my working directory (I am assuming that is correct), how

Answer 1

I did which node on my terminal: /usr/local/bin/node

and then i added "runtimeExecutable": "/usr/local/bin/node" in my json file.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue with zsh and nvm on Linux, I fixed it by adding nvm initialization script in ~/.profile and restart login session like this

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" 
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm 
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"

Answer 3

So node got kicked out of path. you can do

       SET PATH=C:\Program Files\Nodejs;%PATH%

Or simply reinstall node to fix this. which ever you think is easiest for you

Answer 4

I am on OSX, this did not work for me:

code . --user-data-dir='.'

but this DID work:

code . -data-dir='.'

Answer 5

This is the solution according to the VS code debugging page. This worked for my setup on Windows 10.

"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
    "type": "node",
    "request": "launch",
    "name": "Launch Program",
    "program": "${file}"
}

The solution is here:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/debugging

Here is the launch configuration generated for Node.js debugging

Answer 6

I also ran into this error. Restart the PC works for me.