chore(dev): hot-reload dev mode for the Electron shell + fast Vite script - #45
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…ript Run the desktop shell (with its filesystem access — ingest_path, native pickers) against the live dev stack instead of a frozen backend + built client, so renderer edits hot-reload and no PyInstaller freeze is needed. - electron/main.js: PANDDA_DEV_URL gate. When set, skip spawning the frozen backend, wait for the Vite dev server, load it (HMR) and open DevTools. The preload is attached regardless, so window.panddaDesktop works in dev. Vite proxies /api to a `manage.py runserver` on :8000. Packaged app unaffected. - package.json: `dev:electron` (servers run separately) and `dev` (one command: runserver + Vite + Electron via a process-group trap that tears all three down on quit — no new deps). - client/package.json: `dev:fast` — Vite HMR without the 67 MB MoorhenAssets re-copy (self-heals to a full copy when assets are absent). Prereq: `npm install` at the repo root (electron not yet installed locally) and an activated Python env for runserver. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Run the desktop shell (with its filesystem access — ingest_path, native pickers) against the live dev stack instead of a frozen backend + built client, so renderer edits hot-reload and no PyInstaller freeze is needed.
PANDDA_DEV_URLgate. When set, skip spawning the frozen backend, wait for the Vite dev server, load it (HMR) and open DevTools. Preload attached regardless, sowindow.panddaDesktopworks in dev. Vite proxies/apito amanage.py runserveron :8000. Packaged app unaffected.dev:electron(servers run separately) anddev(one command: runserver + Vite + Electron via a process-group trap that tears all three down on quit — no new deps).dev:fast— Vite HMR without the 67 MB MoorhenAssets re-copy (self-heals to a full copy when assets are absent).Prereq:
npm installat the repo root and an activated Python env for runserver.🤖 Generated with Claude Code