[jbosstools-dev] Feedback on JBoss Tools Cordova

[Mickael Istria]

On 02/12/2014 11:25 AM, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
> On 12 Feb 2014, at 9:49, Mickael Istria wrote:
>> On 02/12/2014 09:44 AM, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>>> The presentation, from Sebastien Paul, was mainly showing simple 
>>>> usage of Cordova CLI. The demo showed many things that are 
>>>> available in the Cordova Eclipse plugins as well (create a project, 
>>>> add plugin, start ios emulator...). The only thing he didn't have 
>>>> in his CLI demo compared to the video is CordovaSim/Ripple.
>>>> He also demoed something nice: a livereload-cordova plugin ( 
>>>> https://github.com/fingerproof/cordova-plugin-gapreload and 
>>>> https://vimeo.com/81192559 ). This is interesting because it allows 
>>>> to configure the packaged application (the apk, ios, or whatever 
>>>> actual package) to use livereload to check for updates of some of 
>>>> its resources. So you can get livereload enabled on your actual 
>>>> tests devices while developing a cordova application and see 
>>>> updates without any need to repackage or redeploy the application. 
>>>> It's IMO a great productivity boost. Of course, this is something 
>>>> people wouldn't like to ship as part of there delivery, and is only 
>>>> good for development purpose. See last paragraph for more thoughts 
>>>> on this topic.
>>> nice - should work automagically with our live reload implementation 
>>> too if I grok the demo right.
>> Yes, but the plugin requires to configure the URL of livereload 
>> server. So JBoss Tools Cordova should expose a property or provide a 
>> hook to avoid hardcoding this property in the plugin config.
> isn't this the same for the live reload mac app ?
Yes, he had to configure the plugin with cordova CLI to set the right 
IP. It was an annoying set (need to find out the IP, copy-paste it...)
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