It’s very simple. We’ll use Node.js to compile and run javascript. This comes with Google’s V8 JS engine and its own set of rich libraries/ modules. Here goes:
1. Install Node.js using the conventional ‘.configure’, ‘make’, ‘make install’ trio. Put it in common location or add the installed dir to $PATH.
2. In sublime text, create a new build system:
‘Tools > Build System > New Build System…’. This creates a new file with build template.
3. Modify the file as below:
{
"cmd": ["node", "$file"]
}
4. Save it as
$HOME/.config/sublime-text2/Packages/User/JavaScript.sublime-build
5. A new entry “JavaScript” (i.e. name given to the new build file) should come in Tools > Build System menu. Done. Just to test, create a ‘test.js’ with
console.log("Hello, World!);
in it. Build and run the file using Ctrl+B or menu item as you like.
PS: For Java, refer a similar post.
Hello, new world! 