Compiled against different NODE_MODULE_VERSION - Tree-sitter parser, ATOM package

Question

I have created a tree-sitter parser that is parsing some legacy SAP language we use in order to make a package compatible for ATOM. I will be very literate in my actions taken, as I am not very confident where I messed up.

According to the tree-sitter documentation many guides I read - I've done the following:

Added D:\path-to-project\node_modules.bin to PATH

npm install -g node-gyp (I have installed the dependencies - MSVC 2017 and Python 2.7)

Created a new directory and cd to it:

npm init (followed the dialog)
npm install
npm install --save-dev nan
npm install --save-dev tree-sitter-cli

Now we can create our tree-sitter grammar.js file and generate the tree-sitter parser so I did:

Created the grammar.js and wrote down the necessary grammar Opened CMD, cd to project folder and:

tree-sitter generate
node-gyp configure
node-gyp build
tree-sitter test (To check if the parser is working correctly, which it does)

Accordingly now I can integrate the parser inside an ATOM package. So I published the tree-sitter parser that I created to npm via - 'npm publish' then:

I created a package from ATOMs Generate package function, created a "grammar" directory in the package and a .cson file with the following values:

name: 'Human readable name'
scopeName: 'A unique, stable identifier for the language.'
type: 'tree-sitter' (indicates that we are using tree-sitter grammar not TextMate one)
parser: 'Here we must the npm package name that we published to NPM' 
fileTypes: ['array of file extensions that the package will run on for example 'cpp'']

Here is where it gets interesting. After 'npm install my-npm-package-name' inside my ATOM package directory I get an error inside ATOM:

The module '\\?\D:\Users\myUser\github\my-ATOM-package-name\node_modules\my-tree-sitter-npm-package    
\build\Release\my-tree-sitter-npm-package_binding.node'
was compiled against a different Node.js version using
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 72. This version of Node.js requires
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 73. Please try re-compiling or re-installing
the module (for instance, using `npm rebuild` or `npm install`). 
in D:\Users\myUser\.atom\packages\my-ATOM-package-name\grammars\the-cson-file-mentioned.cson

From the web investigation I did, this is due that ATOM uses different NodeJs version from what I am using (NodeJs v 12.4.0). This is where I am stuck at, after many tries to recompile with 'electron-rebuild' I have given up with no success and decided that I need more experienced helper.

I am developing and installing on Windows. NodeJS is installed with nvm and I am developing with v12.4.0.

Answer 1

I managed to resolve the issue. Apparently or not so apparently you should:

npm install --save-dev [email protected] (the current electron version atom was at the time of the last edit of the answer)
npm install --save-dev electron-rebuild 

electron-rebuild --version 9.3.5 (the current electron version atom was using at the time of the last edit of the answer)

If it still complains that you are running different version you should:

node-gyp rebuild
electron-rebuild --version 9.3.5 (the current electron version atom was using at the time)

Before publishing to npm: delete binding.gyp, package-lock.json files and the Electron binary folder