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Jamela Peterson
Jamela Peterson
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Posted by Jamela Peterson
Jamela Peterson
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How do I open the terminal in the workspace?

How do I open the terminal in the workspace? Do I click on one of the tabs?

4 Answers

Isaac Takushi
Isaac Takushi
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Isaac Takushi
Isaac Takushi
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Hey, all.

I've found that if you follow Guil's command exactly in the Create a promise video:

node promises-breakfast.js

Treehouse's workspace console will throw the following error:

module.js:550                                                                           
    throw err;                                                                          
    ^                                                                                   

Error: Cannot find module '/home/treehouse/workspace/promises-breakfast.js'             
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:548:15)                              
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:475:25)                                         
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:694:10)                                       
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:204:16)                                               
    at bootstrap_node.js:625:3

To resolve this error, reference the file's full path:

node /home/treehouse/workspace/js/promises-breakfast.js
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Jamela Peterson ! At the very top you can click "View -> Show console" and it should open up the console for you.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Jamela Peterson
Jamela Peterson
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Jamela Peterson
Jamela Peterson
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Thank you. I opened the console via the view tab; however, it doesn't look like the terminal in the video. It won't let me type in the same information as the teacher. In the video, he opened the terminal which looks different from the console.

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jamela Peterson Hi again! Unfortunately, I have no way to know to which video you're referring. But the console in the workspace is the only terminal available. Are you sure that the teacher didn't open the terminal on their computer? Depending on your operating system there will be multiple ways to open the terminal. On macOS open spotlight (command + space) and type in "terminal" to search. On Windows, search for "cmd.exe" to open the command prompt.

It would be interesting to know to which video you are referring. Post a link to the video here and I can take a look :smiley:

Jamela Peterson
Jamela Peterson
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Jamela Peterson
Jamela Peterson
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Hey Jennifer Nordell. Thank you for your help and this information!! Here is a link to the video I'm referring to: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/create-a-promise

Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
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Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
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Hey Jamela Peterson , the reason the console doesn't look the same as the terminal is because in the video Guil is using what looks like "Visual Studio Code" as his text editor. The console is the TreeHouse workspace version of the terminal in this instance. You should be able to run all the commands he runs without any issues as long as you are referencing all the same files properly with the commands. What kind of error message are you getting?