Set up local development environment

Adobe Asset Compute projects cannot be integrated with the local AEM runtime provided by the AEM SDK and are developed using their own tool chain, separate from that required by AEM applications based on the AEM Maven project archetype.

To extend Asset Compute microservices, the following tools must be installed on the local developer machine.

Abridged set up instructions

The following is an abridge set up instructions. Details on these development tools are described in discrete sections below.

For more information on the abridged install instructions, read the sections below.

Install Visual Studio Code vscode

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is used for developing and debugging Asset Compute workers. While other JavaScript-compatible IDE can be used to develop the worker, only Visual Studio Code can be integrated to debug Asset Compute worker.

This tutorial assumes the use of Visual Studio Code as it provides the best developer experience for extending Asset Compute.

Install Docker Desktop docker

Download and install the latest, stable Docker Desktop, as this is required to test and debug Asset Compute projects locally.

After installing Docker Desktop, start it and install the following Docker images from the command line:

$ docker pull openwhisk/action-nodejs-v12:latest
$ docker pull adobeapiplatform/adobe-action-nodejs-v12:3.0.22

Developers on Windows machines should make sure that they are using Linux containers for the images above. The steps to switch to Linux containers are described in the Docker for Windows documentation.

Install Node.js (and npm) node-js

Asset Compute workers are Node.js-based, and thus require Node.js 10+ (and npm) to develop and build.

Install Adobe I/O CLI aio

Install the Adobe I/O CLI, or aio is an command-line (CLI) npm module that facilitates use of and interaction with Adobe I/O technologies, and is used for both generate and locally develop custom Asset Compute workers.

$ npm install -g @adobe/aio-cli

Install the Adobe I/O CLI Asset Compute plugin aio-asset-compute

The Adobe I/O CLI Asset Compute plugin

$ aio plugins:install @adobe/aio-cli-plugin-asset-compute

Install wskdebug wskdebug

Download and install the Apache OpenWhisk debug npm module to facilitate local debugging of Asset Compute workers.

Visual Studio Code 1.48.x+ is required for wskdebug to work.

$ npm install -g @openwhisk/wskdebug

Install ngrok ngrok

Download and install the ngrok npm module, which provides public access to your local development machine, to facilitate local debugging of Asset Compute workers.

$ npm install -g ngrok --unsafe-perm=true