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

[Vojtech Szocs]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eli Mesika" <emesika at redhat.com>
> To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> Cc: "devel" <devel at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 2:53:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] oVirt UI now supports GWT Super Dev Mode
> 
> 
> 
> ----- 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

Thanks!

> I think that the steps explaining how to use that should appear also in
> README.developer file

These steps should be already there:

  https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/50742/10/README.developer

it's basically like this:

  - use DEV_BUILD_GWT_SUPER_DEV_MODE=1 when running make install-dev
  - use DEV_BUILD_GWT_SUPER_DEV_MODE=1 when running make gwt-debug
  - visit http://127.0.0.1:9876/ and bookmark "Dev Mode On" script
  - open GWT app (without ?gwt.codesvr=..) and click "Dev Mode On"

I'll update the "Frontend Debug" docs accordingly, I promise :-)

> 
> > 
> > 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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