WebStorm run command or program on project open

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Is there any way to run external program or command after I open project in WebStorm?

I've created new external tool which runs database server, and after I click on it in menu, it runs the server and everything works, but I'd like to start this tool automatically on project start. And it'd be awesome if it could also open web browser to certain url which would be database admin tool.

LazyOne · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-09 11:03:38Z

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If you can launch your desired task using Grunt/Gulp/npm task or any other Run/Debug Configuration then yes -- there is Startup Tasks functionality available at Settings/Preferences | Tools | Startup Tasks.

Note that you cannot execute External Tools entry directly or launch any DOS/shell command this way.

The easiest way of using this would be creating Grunt/Gulp task that would do your actual job. There you can use exec() method to execute custom command.

edited Feb 9, 2016 at 11:03

answered Feb 8, 2016 at 21:41

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Márius Rak Over a year ago

And can Gulp (which I'm using) run exe program?

LazyOne Over a year ago

gulp-run, gulp-exec, gulp-shell to name a few (have not used any of them myself though). On another hand (if you want to just run something -- use exec task/method directly).

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