Merge pull request #4720 from nextcloud/backport/4688/stable27

README.md

@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ To build you will need to have [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [Composer](
     - Watch for changes `npm run watch`
     - Production build `npm run build`
 
+### Faster frontend developing with HMR
+
+You can enable HMR (Hot module replacement) to avoid page reloads when working on the frontend:
+
+1. ☑️ Install and enable [`hmr_enabler` app](https://github.com/nextcloud/hmr_enabler)
+2. 🏁 Run `npm run serve`
+3. 🌍 Open the normal Nextcloud server URL (not the URL given by above command)
+
 ### GitHub Codespaces / VS Code devcontainer
 
 - Open code spaces or the repository in VS Code to start the dev container

package.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		"build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress --config webpack.js",
 		"dev": "NODE_ENV=development webpack --progress --config webpack.js",
 		"watch": "NODE_ENV=development webpack --progress --watch --config webpack.js",
+		"serve": "webpack serve --node-env development --allowed-hosts all --config webpack.js",
 		"lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src",
 		"lint:fix": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src --fix",
 		"lint:cypress": "eslint --ext .js cypress",

src/init-calendar.js

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import { subscribe } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
 import { generateUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
 
+import './shared-init.js'
+
 subscribe('calendar:handle-todo-click', ({ calendarId, taskId }) => {
 	const deckAppPrefix = 'app-generated--deck--board-'
 	if (calendarId.startsWith(deckAppPrefix)) {

src/init-collections.js

@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ import './../css/collections.css'
 import FileSharingPicker from './views/FileSharingPicker.js'
 import { buildSelector } from './helpers/selector.js'
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line
+import './shared-init.js'
-__webpack_nonce__ = btoa(OC.requestToken);
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-__webpack_public_path__ = OC.linkTo('deck', 'js/');
 
 Vue.prototype.t = t
 Vue.prototype.n = n

src/init-dashboard.js

@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@
 
 import './css/dashboard.scss'
 
-const debug = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+import './shared-init.js'
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line
+const debug = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
-__webpack_nonce__ = btoa(OC.requestToken);
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-__webpack_public_path__ = OC.linkTo('deck', 'js/');
 
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
 	OCA.Dashboard.register('deck', async (el) => {

src/init-reference.js

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import CommentReferenceWidget from './views/CommentReferenceWidget.vue'
 
 import { translate, translatePlural } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
 
+import './shared-init.js'
+
 Vue.prototype.t = translate
 Vue.prototype.n = translatePlural
 Vue.prototype.OC = window.OC

src/init-talk.js

@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ import CardCreateDialog from './CardCreateDialog.vue'
 import { buildSelector } from './helpers/selector.js'
 import './init-collections.js'
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line
+import './shared-init.js'
-__webpack_nonce__ = btoa(OC.requestToken);
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-__webpack_public_path__ = OC.linkTo('deck', 'js/');
 
 Vue.prototype.t = t
 Vue.prototype.n = n

src/main.js

@@ -25,23 +25,17 @@ import router from './router.js'
 import store from './store/main.js'
 import { sync } from 'vuex-router-sync'
 import { translate, translatePlural } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
-import { generateFilePath } from '@nextcloud/router'
 import { showError } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 import { subscribe } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
 import { Tooltip } from '@nextcloud/vue'
 import ClickOutside from 'vue-click-outside'
+import './shared-init.js'
 import './models/index.js'
 import './sessions.js'
 
 // the server snap.js conflicts with vertical scrolling so we disable it
 document.body.setAttribute('data-snap-ignore', 'true')
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-__webpack_nonce__ = btoa(OC.requestToken)
-if (!process.env.HOT) {
-	// eslint-disable-next-line
-	__webpack_public_path__ = generateFilePath('deck', '', 'js/')
-}
 sync(store, router)
 
 Vue.prototype.t = translate

src/shared-init.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { generateFilePath } from '@nextcloud/router'
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line
+__webpack_nonce__ = btoa(OC.requestToken)
+
+if (!process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE) {
+	// eslint-disable-next-line
+	__webpack_public_path__ = generateFilePath('deck', '', 'js/')
+} else {
+	// eslint-disable-next-line
+	__webpack_public_path__ = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/'
+}

webpack.hot.js

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-const webpack = require('webpack');
-const merge = require('webpack-merge');
-const dev = require('./webpack.dev.js');
-
-module.exports = merge(dev, {
-	devServer: {
-		hot: true,
-		port: 3000,
-		/**
-		 * This makes sure the main entrypoint is written to disk so it is
-		 * loaded by Nextcloud though our existing addScript calls
-		 */
-		writeToDisk: (filePath) => {
-			return /deck\.js$/.test(filePath);
-		},
-		headers: {
-			'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
-		}
-	},
-	plugins: [
-		new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-			'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV),
-			'process.env.HOT': true
-		})
-	]
-})

webpack.js

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const webpackConfig = require('@nextcloud/webpack-vue-config')
+const webpack = require('webpack')
 const path = require('path')
 
 const buildMode = process.env.NODE_ENV
-const isDev = buildMode === 'development'
+const isDevServer = process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE
 
 webpackConfig.entry = {
 	...webpackConfig.entry,
@@ -13,6 +14,14 @@ webpackConfig.entry = {
 	reference: path.join(__dirname, 'src', 'init-reference.js'),
 }
 
+if (isDevServer) {
+	webpackConfig.output.publicPath = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/'
+	webpackConfig.plugins.push(
+		new webpack.DefinePlugin({
+			'process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE': true,
+		})
+	)
+} else {
 	webpackConfig.stats = {
 		context: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
 		assets: true,
@@ -20,7 +29,7 @@ webpackConfig.stats = {
 		chunks: true,
 		modules: true,
 	}
-
+}
 // Workaround for https://github.com/nextcloud/webpack-vue-config/pull/432 causing problems with nextcloud-vue-collections
 webpackConfig.resolve.alias = {}