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[dev-task] Separate Webpack Dev server from API server
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
Nature of issue?
- Refactoring to enable devs to make frontend changes without running an API server or database, as suggested by @andrewn
Feature enhancement details:
New feature details:
Perhaps a good way forward is separating the webpack dev server from the API server so that the can be run standalone? Then we could also switch to Parcel if we wanted.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the current Webpack dev-server and API-server startup entry points and trace how they depend on each other. Confirm the intended standalone workflows for frontend development and API use, then verify that each server can run independently without an unnecessary database or API-server dependency.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, webpack
- Domain
- build-system, devops
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100