Solving Eclipse Warning: Could not find node.js for MacOS

I found that no matter what I did on MacOS wrt to having the path point to /usr/local/bin which is where the node executable is located, I could not avoid getting the message above after starting eclipse and attempting to click on a menu entry. After reading the source code, what I found worked was to add a line to the eclipse.ini in the Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse folder that specified the path as follows:

-Dorg.eclipse.wildwebdeveloper.nodeJSLocation=/usr/local/bin/node

Note this reflects the path and executable file name (node). Others have suggested creating a symbolic link but that did not work for me.

[gubjack]

My installation of WWD is completely new - and by the way I already like it!

Regarding debugging - I’ll get into that at a later point. I’m absolutely new to eclipse plugin development and so I need some time to get into it.

[wnm3]

There may be some confusion. By adding the declaration as specified above to the eclipse.ini, the problem is solved. There were confusing and inconsistent solutions elsewhere on the web talking about creating symbolic links, or using -Dorg.eclipse.wildwebdeveloper.nodepath (incorrect). So, I was merely documenting the solution above.

I suspect the way programs are launched on MacOS without benefit of the user specified PATH is causing confusion in the message displayed that discusses adding the node executable location to the PATH environment variable (see https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51677/how-to-set-path-for-finder-launched-applications). This article discusses a solution , however, I think setting the eclipse.ini variable declaration is the cleanest solution for MacOS.