Add "development" NODE_ENV option for build

[bartbutenaers]

Hi guys,

In the vite.config.js file of the node-red-dashboard-2-ui-example repository there is a mechanism available to skip the minification of the code during development. Which I use in this way:

1. Set the related environment variable during development:

   export NODE_ENV=development
   

2. Create a bundle:

   npm run build
   

3. Now I can debug the frontend code in the vue file easily because I see the original code.

However I don't see that variable in the dashboard. Instead I see in the package.json file another mechanism. So not sure if my above way of working is optimal...

Could anybody enlighten me a bit what is the best way to use this, and why the custom nodes need to use that environment variable. Or is there perhaps a relation between the build:dev and the NODE_ENV? Because I would like to see both the dashboard code and my own custom node code without minification...

Thanks!
Bart

[joepavitt]

Not necessarily an intentional play here. Think this was just overlooked when doing the build pipeline for Dashboard as vite was introduced after some time of already having a webpack build in place. For the UI Example, we built that using a template generator, so it would have come packaged with it.

Will update this to be requesting a "development" mode for working with Dashboard

[bartbutenaers]

Thanks!
But how can I avoid the dashboard to be minified?

[joepavitt]

But how can I avoid the dashboard to be minified?

Currently, not a configuration option

[bartbutenaers]

Going to close this issue since the pull request is merged