Use this dialog box to create configurations for running and debugging Meteor applications.
The dialog box is available when the Meteor plugin is enabled.
The plugin is not bundled with PyCharm, but it is available from the
PyCharm plugin repository.
Once enabled, the plugin is available at the IDE level, that is, you can use it in all your PyCharm projects.
See Installing, Updating and Uninstalling Repository Plugins and Enabling and Disabling Plugins for details.
On this page:
Configuration Tab
Item | Description |
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Name | In this text box, specify the name of the current run/debug configuration. |
Share |
Select this check box to make the run/debug configuration available to other team members.
The shared run/debug configurations are kept in separate xml files under This check box is not available when editing the run/debug configuration defaults. |
Meteor Executable | In this field, specify the location of the Meteor executable file (see Installing Meteor). |
Program Arguments |
In this field,
specify the command line additional parameters to be passed to the executable file on start up, if applicable.
These can be, for example, --dev , --test , or --prod to indicate the environment in which the application is running (development, test,
or production environments) so different resources are loaded on start up.
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Working Directory |
In this field,
specify the folder under which the application files to run are stored.
This folder must contain a .meteor folder in the root to be treated a Meteor projects.
Technically, several Meteor projects that implement different applications can be combined within one single PyCharm project. Each of them can be executed independently according to a separate run configuration with the relevant working directory specified. By default, the field shows the path to the PyCharm project root. |
Environment Variables |
In this field, specify the environment variables![]() |
Browser / Live Edit Tab
In this tab,
configure the behaviour of the browser and enable debugging the client-side code of the application. This functionality is provided through a JavaScript Debug
run configuration, so
technically, PyCharm creates separate run configurations for the server-side and the client-side code,
but you specify all your settings in one dedicated Meteor run configuration.
Item | Description |
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Open Browser | In the text box in this area, specify the URL address to open the application at. If you select the After Launch check box, the browser will open this page automatically after the application starts. Alternatively you can view the same result by opening the page with this URL address in the browser of your choice manually. |
After Launch |
Select this check box
to have a browser started automatically after a debugging session is launched. Specify the browser to use in the drop-down list next to the check box.
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With JavaScript Debugger | Select this check box to enable debugging the client-side code in the selected browser. |
Toolbar
Item | Shortcut | Description |
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![]() | Alt+Insert | Click this button to add a new configuration to the list. |
![]() | Alt+Delete | Click this button to remove the selected configuration from the list. |
![]() | Ctrl+D | Click this button to create a copy of the selected configuration. |
![]() | Edit defaults | Click this button to edit the default configuration templates. The defaults are used for newly created configurations. |
![]() ![]() | Alt+Up or Alt+Down | Use these buttons to move the selected configuration or folder up and down in the list.
The order of configurations or folders in the list defines the order in which configurations appear in the Run/Debug drop-down list on the main toolbar. |
![]() | Move into new folder / Create new folder | Use this button to create a new folder.
If one or more run/debug configurations are in focus, the selected run/debug configurations are automatically moved to the newly created folder. If only a category is in focus, an empty folder is created. Move run/debug configurations to a folder using drag-and-drop, or the |
![]() | Sort configurations | Click this button to sort configurations in alphabetical order. |
Common Options
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Name | In this text box, specify the name of the current run/debug configuration. This field does not appear for the default run/debug configurations. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Defaults | This node in the left-hand pane of the dialog box contains the default run/debug configuration settings. Select the desired configuration to change its default settings in the right-hand pane. The defaults are applied to all newly created run/debug configurations. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Share |
Select this check box to make the run/debug configuration available to other team members.
The shared run/debug configurations are kept in separate xml files under This check box is not available when editing the run/debug configuration defaults. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Before launch | Specify which tasks must be performed before applying the run/debug configuration.
The specified tasks are performed in the order they appear in the list.
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