Development in the IDE

Question

Development in the IDE

afedulov opened this issue 4 years ago · comments

It would be great to have some description in the REAME about the development process. I can see how I can start the "backend" with the Launcher, but cannot figure out if it is possible to start the UI separately. Is NPM used for that? Is there some Vaadin-specific build goal?

Yuriy Artamonov · Answer 1 · Sat May 02 2020 21:42:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This is extremely wild example for enthusiasts only. It is not recommended for real-life applications.
Please use JCEF or Java FX embeeded web browser instead.

Alexander Fedulov · Answer 2 · Sat May 02 2020 23:03:34 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

OK, but I am interested to experiment with it and you are somehow assuming my goals. I would appreciate an answer if this is possible at all or not.

Yuriy Artamonov · Answer 3 · Sat May 02 2020 23:13:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It is enough to run npm install once and then start Launcher class from IntelliJ IDEA with Gradle integration enabled.

Alexander Fedulov · Answer 4 · Sat May 02 2020 23:44:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for the quick reply, Yuriy! Despite being a very niche "wild example for enthusiasts", the project setup demonstrating bundling Java backend into an electron app is very useful. Thanks for that!