Vojtech Szocs has submitted this change and it was merged. Change subject: webadmin,userportal: Add support for GWT Super Dev Mode ...................................................................... webadmin,userportal: Add support for GWT Super Dev Mode This patch makes it possible to use Super Dev Mode to debug oVirt GWT applications (WebAdmin, UserPortal): http://www.gwtproject.org/articles/superdevmode.html For oVirt GWT applications currently based on GWT 2.6, Super Dev Mode is meant as alternative to the existing GWT debug mechanism, Classic Dev Mode a.k.a OOPHM (Out of Process Hosted Mode) based on NPAPI browser plugin: http://www.gwtproject.org/doc/latest/ DevGuideCompilingAndDebugging.html#dev_mode Key differences between Classic and Super Dev Mode: * SDM doesn't require any browser plugin * SDM uses Source Maps to map compiled JavaScript code to source Java code * with SDM, debugging hapens **in the browser** by stepping over the mapped code * SDM gives developers explicit control over when the GWT application is re-compiled -- combined with incremental compiles that take less time, this saves developer's time In general, SDM is good for "iterative" development when one changes UI code and wants to see the change reflected in the browser much more quickly (compared to CDM). On the other hand, SDM does NOT allow using Java IDE to debug UI code, so one has to rely on the browser's JavaScript developer tools. To use Super Dev Mode: 1, build Engine for development as following: $ make install-dev PREFIX="$HOME/ovirt-engine" \ DEV_BUILD_GWT_SUPER_DEV_MODE=1 2, setup & start Engine 3, start GWT code server which re-compiles the GWT application on-demand and serves its resources: $ make gwt-debug DEBUG_MODULE=webadmin \ DEV_BUILD_GWT_SUPER_DEV_MODE=1 note: upon starting, the code server compiles an initial "Chrome/English" permutation (this is SDM's default behavior) 4, visit http://127.0.0.1:9876/ and save "Dev Mode On & Off" bookmarklets in your browser 5, visit oVirt GWT application in your browser, click "Dev Mode On", then click "Compile" http://127.0.0.1:8080/ovirt-engine/webadmin/WebAdmin.html 6, open browser's developer tools (Ctrl-Shift-I), navigate to sources and put breakpoints into the mapped code 7, after making UI code changes, click "Dev Mode On" and "Compile" again to see changes applied IMPORTANT NOTE: This patch modifies the primary linker of oVirt GWT applications from 'std' to 'xsiframe': http://www.gwtproject.org/doc/latest/DevGuideLinkers.html see gwt-user-2.6.1/com/google/gwt/core/Core.gwt.xml While this change should not impact the functionality of oVirt GWT applications, it's suggested to merge the patch **only** after running UI functional tests, just to be on safe side. Change-Id: I6e03534e8af4f9c61d93bb715b80b433127cc4e8 Signed-off-by: Vojtech Szocs <vszocs(a)redhat.com&gt; --- M Makefile M README.developer M frontend/webadmin/modules/frontend/pom.xml M frontend/webadmin/modules/frontend/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/ui/frontend/server/gwt/AbstractXsrfProtectedRpcServlet.java A frontend/webadmin/modules/frontend/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/ui/frontend/server/gwt/RpcRemoteOracleServlet.java A frontend/webadmin/modules/frontend/src/main/resources/META-INF/gwt-super-dev.properties M frontend/webadmin/modules/gwt-common/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/ui/common/GwtCommon.gwt.xml M frontend/webadmin/modules/pom.xml M frontend/webadmin/modules/userportal-gwtp/pom.xml M frontend/webadmin/modules/webadmin/pom.xml 10 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Approvals: Alexander Wels: Looks good to me, approved Jenkins CI: Passed CI tests Vojtech Szocs: Verified Scott Dickerson: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve -- To view, visit https://gerrit.ovirt.org/50742 To unsubscribe, visit https://gerrit.ovirt.org/settings Gerrit-MessageType: merged Gerrit-Change-Id: I6e03534e8af4f9c61d93bb715b80b433127cc4e8 Gerrit-PatchSet: 10 Gerrit-Project: ovirt-engine Gerrit-Branch: master Gerrit-Owner: Alexander Wels <awels(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Alexander Wels <awels(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Daniel Erez <derez(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Gilad Chaplik <gchaplik(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Greg Sheremeta <gshereme(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Jenkins CI Gerrit-Reviewer: Oved Ourfali <oourfali(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Scott Dickerson <sdickers(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Vojtech Szocs <vszocs(a)redhat.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: gerrit-hooks <automation(a)ovirt.org&gt;