README.dev.md

Developer notes

Testing a package in a local app

Using yalc is the best way to test a library in another local package.

First, choose a package to compile and build:

% cd packages/hooks
hooks % yarn dbuild

And publish to yalc:

hooks % yalc publish

The yalc:publish script will also achieve the above.

Then in your app, link to this package:

other-app % yalc link @dolthub/react-hooks

And you will see and up-to-date version of the react-hooks package. When you make a change to the package, you can push the change by running yarn yalc:push and you should see it automatically reflected in your app.

To remove the yalc package in your app, run yalc remove --all.

Watch mode

You can use yalc to watch for changes in the components package and automatically push.

1. In the root of react-library:

yarn && yarn dbuild

2. Publish the components package, in packages/components:

yarn yalc:publish

3. Link the local package in your app:

yarn yalc @dolthub/react-components

4. Start watch mode in packages/components:

yarn dbuild:watch

5. Make the changes, wait for the watch to finish building and pushing.

6. Refresh the page in your browser to see the change.