In order to decide how to run JavaScript code, the Scala.js sbt plugin uses the setting key jsEnv. By default, jsEnv is set to use Node.js, which you need to install separately.

Node.js

Node.js is the default environment used by Scala.js. You can also explicitly enable it, for example to customize it, using the following sbt setting:

jsEnv := new org.scalajs.jsenv.nodejs.NodeJSEnv()

Node.js on Ubuntu

The easiest way to handle Node.js versions and installations on Ubuntu (and in Linux systems in general) is to use nvm. All instructions are included.

Then run nvm to install the version of Node.js that you want:

nvm install 5.0

For more options of the Node.js environment, see the Scaladoc of NodeJSEnv.

Node.js with JSDOM

This environment uses jsdom to provide a headless browser environment on top of Node.js. You can enable it with the following sbt setting:

jsEnv := new org.scalajs.jsenv.jsdomnodejs.JSDOMNodeJSEnv()

You will need to npm install jsdom for the above environment to work.

The above setting requires the following line in your project/plugins.sbt:

libraryDependencies += "org.scala-js" %% "scalajs-env-jsdom-nodejs" % "1.0.0"

PhantomJS

PhantomJS is a Webkit-based headless browser. You can use it with Scala.js with the following sbt setting:

jsEnv := PhantomJSEnv().value

The above setting requires the following line in your project/plugins.sbt:

addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs-env-phantomjs" % "1.0.0")

Passing arguments to PhantomJS

You can pass command-line arguments to the PhantomJS interpreter like this:

jsEnv := PhantomJSEnv(args = Seq("arg1", "arg2")).value

For more options of the PhantomJS environment, see the Scaladoc of PhantomJSEnv.

Selenium

Selenium provides a programmatic interface to real browsers. See the separate project scalajs-env-selenium for instructions on how to use with Scala.js.