VSCode Redwood IDE Error "Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined" when using "Redwood: Generate..."

[dariusj18]

VS Code version 1.54.3
Redwood IDE version 0.0.21

Other VS Code commands stop working once this is encountered as well.

ERR Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined: TypeError: Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:124:31971
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at a.splice (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:124:31924)
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:3:141609
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at t.splice (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:3:141596)
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:142:7690
    at bufferEvents (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:57:3689)
    at P.splice (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:142:7657)
    at h.setElements (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:24200)
    at w.update (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:42123)
    at w.set items [as items] (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:34894)
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:52889

also happens when executing "Redwood: Interactive CLI..."

ERR Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined: TypeError: Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:124:31971
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at a.splice (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:124:31924)
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:3:141609
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at t.splice (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:3:141596)
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:142:7690
    at bufferEvents (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:57:3689)
    at P.splice (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:142:7657)
    at h.setElements (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:24200)
    at w.update (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:42123)
    at w.set items [as items] (file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:34894)
    at file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:568:52889

[thedavidprice]

Hi @dariusj18 Thanks for opening this Issue. The VSCode Extension is currently undergoing a major re-write by @aldonline It might be another few weeks, but look for some progress coming soon.

[aldonline]

Hey @dariusj18!

I can't tell for sure where this is coming from, but here's some context.

The Interactive CLI is a partial wrapper of the actual CLI that enables a different interaction model.
For example. Here's the CLI's implementation of the "generate page" command:

• https://github.com/redwoodjs/redwood/blob/main/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/page/page.js

And here's how the Interactive CLI does it.

• redwood/packages/structure/src/interactive_cli/command_builder.ts

  Line 64 in 2de6be3

  private async generate(type: string) {

As you can see, they are quite different. The CLI uses Yargs, and the Interactive CLI uses a more programmatic approach that supports control flow logic. When I contributed this, the idea was for both packages to keep evolving in tandem, but the CLI has evolved independently and the Interactive CLI hasn't been updated at all.

I plan to fix all of this in the future by bringing everything into a single project and using a smarter way to declare the CLI.

This type of issue (divergence in the codebase as packages grow in different directions) is a systemic problem in monorepos and other code organization structures that sanction drawing arbitrary lines in the sand early on.

[jacebot]

I recently ran the upgrade to the latest version and this error appeared as I started up the dev server.

Hope this helps too.

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1022
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'core-js-pure/features/object/define-property'

[jtoar]

See #3887 (comment).