Edit messages for "webapp dev" CLI command#15
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Updated all references to webapp.json across the plugin-webapp codebase to use webapplication.json, reflecting the new manifest file naming convention. Changes include: - Source files (ManifestWatcher, manifest, webappDiscovery, ErrorHandler, DevServerManager, dev.ts) - Error page template - CLI messages - Documentation (README, SF_WEBAPP_DEV_GUIDE) - Test files and fixtures
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| Starts a local development server for a Web Application, using the local project files. This enables rapid development with hot reloading and immediate feedback. | ||
| This command starts a local development server so you can preview a web application using the local metadata files in your DX project. Using a local preview helps you quickly develop web applications, because you don't have to continually deploy metadata to your org. It also provides hot reloading; because you don't have to manually refresh, you get immediate feedback about your code changes. |
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Nit: The dev command does not always provide hot reload.
Our provided application toolchain and templates have hot reload, but there is a proxy mode which is intended to support external frameworks. Hot reload would need to be provided by the external dev server.
| This command starts a local development server so you can preview a web application using the local metadata files in your DX project. Using a local preview helps you quickly develop web applications, because you don't have to continually deploy metadata to your org. It also provides hot reloading; because you don't have to manually refresh, you get immediate feedback about your code changes. | ||
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| The command launches a local proxy server that sits between your web application and Salesforce, automatically injecting authentication headers from the CLI's stored tokens. This allows your web app to make authenticated API calls to Salesforce without exposing credentials. | ||
| The command also launches a local proxy server that sits between your web application and Salesforce, automatically injecting authentication headers from Salesforce CLI's stored tokens. The proxy server allows your web app to make authenticated API calls to Salesforce without exposing credentials. When opening a browser to view the web application, you connect to the proxy server and not the development server. |
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Nit: When running with our toolchain (templates integrated with Vite), the proxy is part of the dev server. Only one server will be running. When running with a custom toolchain, there will be two servers (proxy and custom dev server).
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@bpbuch , please just update (and then merge) the help as needed! I just did an editing pass, and sometimes I add stuff that, well, isn't correct. Sorry about that. I'll assume that you all will make the fixes and merge, okay?
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Edit messages for "webapp dev" CLI command
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