[ovirt-devel] oVirt UI now supports GWT Super Dev Mode

[Eli Mesika]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> To: "devel" <devel at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 8:46:51 PM
> Subject: [ovirt-devel] oVirt UI now supports GWT Super Dev Mode
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> in ovirt-engine master branch, it's now possible [1] to use GWT Super
> Dev Mode [2] to debug oVirt web applications (WebAdmin, UserPortal):
> 
> [1] https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/50742/
> [2] http://www.gwtproject.org/articles/superdevmode.html
> 
> Please refer to commit msg [1] for details on GWT Super Dev Mode.

First of all Kudos 
I think that the steps explaining how to use that should appear also in README.developer file 

> 
> In general, SDM is good for "iterative" development when one changes
> UI code and wants to see the change reflected in browser very quickly
> (compared to existing GWT debug mechanism, aka Classic Dev Mode).
> 
> On the other hand, SDM does *not* allow using Java IDE to debug UI
> code, so one has to rely on browser's JavaScript developer tools.
> 
> Existing (Java IDE based) debug mechanism still works as expected,
> the Super Dev Mode is just an alternative.
> 
> Note on SDM usage by Scott: it's almost easier to run in Chrome's
> incognito mode so cached JS and mapped sources aren't an issue.
> 
> Regards,
> Vojtech
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