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Reloading UI and changes without restarting the project (Spring devtools)
Hi Guys,
I'm a Vaadin beginner just getting started with a simple appliation, having previously worked with GWT some years ago. I want to work with Vaadin and spring-boot, but am having trouble with a very basic concept that I was able to do in GWT and that is to make some UI changes in my IDE then refresh my page and see the changes. I understand the internals are different, but I have seen several people being able to do this on some training videos and the recent Spring-boot Vaadin webinar.
I am using IntelliJ IDEA CE, and am looking for is for someone to give me some detailed steps on how I can make changes and see them without having to restart the entire project. At this stage I just have a simple "Hello world" app that just displays some label.
- How should I be starting my project from the IDE (run configurations, maven targets, etc)?
- What should I be including? I started my project through start.spring.io.
- Do you generally have any tips for speeding up development in regards to this topic?
Thanks!
Jean-François Lamy: Look at JRebel
I looked at that, but they don't seem to have a free option.