Installation

Install required tools

To start developing JavaScript with PicoScratch MINT, you need to install Node.JS. You can download the installer from the official Node.js website. The faster bun runtime is also supported (Instead of node or npm, use bun).

Create a new project

Create a new directory for your project and run the following command to initialize a new Node.js project:

Linux:

touch main.js
npm init -y

Windows:

echo. 2>main.js
npm init -y

Install the PicoScratch MINT package

To install the PicoScratch MINT package, run the following command:

npm install psmint

Switch to ES modules

package.json

{
	"name": "my-mint-project",
	"version": "1.0.0",
	"description": "",
	"main": "main.js",
	"type": "module",
	"scripts": {
		"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
	},
	"keywords": [],
	"author": "",
	"license": "ISC"
}