Local development is a bit painful after switching to a built JS bundle on dev

[marcaaron]

Problem:

On dev we are pointing to dist/web.development.js which is a bit more difficult to test code changes.

My current workaround is:

Run npm run build in /react-native-onyx

Copy web.developent.js to local project/node_modules/react-native-onyx/dist

Potential Solutions:

• Stop using that build and just use the local files in node_modules directly

OR

• Use webpack to watch changes and build the dist + link local node_modules to local react-native-onyx

I would prefer the former as having the minified builds in sources makes debugging things harder for no clear benefit.

[87prashant]

Hi, is the development still active? One more thing is this repo earlier under @lucasbento account, just curious.

[marcaaron]

Could you please rephrase that question? I'm not sure what you're asking, thanks!

[87prashant]

I was asking is this react-native-onyx project is built by Expensify from zero or earlier it was under some other account on github?
Actually, I was asking about this project from chatGPT and it gave this info that it is created by someone else(probably wrong😝). Btw thanks for replying

[marcaaron]

hah well the AI is wrong. This is entirely built by the team at Expensify from the ground up and with help from open source contributors. Thanks!