Create a JavaScript Project from Scratch

Build GodotJS

See Building from Source.

The additional build option use_typescript=no is needed to let GodotJS know JavaScript is the prefered script language you want to use.

Install preset files

After creating an empty godot project, it's strongly recommended to install GodotJS presets before any others Project > Tools > GodotJS > Install Preset files.

Click OK to confirm a list of files will be generated in the project.

Note

The generated files improve the coding experience a lot, which make you code in javascript with complete type hints.

Create scripts

Open the project folder in VSCode, let's rock!

Note

All types from godot are strongly typed in VSCode since the editor automatically detects types from all generated .d.ts. But you need to write additional type annotations for your custom types in the way demonstrated above. See also jsdoc