Merge pull request #844 from bartbutenaers/source-map-dashboard-doc

Generate source map for dashboard (doc fix)
FlowFuse · May 10, 2024 · 9a2f0ad · 9a2f0ad
2 parents 5d3875f + 16d9f96
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diff --git a/docs/contributing/index.md b/docs/contributing/index.md
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ A [VitePress](https://vitepress.dev/) documentation site that is used to generat
    npm install
    ```
 
-5. **Build Dashboard:** Create a static build of the Dashboard's UI, based on Vue CLI (which has been installed in step 3):
+5. Optionally ***generate a source map*** (to map the minified dashboard code to the original code), to simplify debugging of the frontend dashboard code in the browser. On Linux this can be achieved by:
+   ```bash
+   export NODE_ENV=development
+   ```
+
+6. **Build Dashboard:** Create a static build of the Dashboard's UI, based on Vue CLI (which has been installed in step 3):
     ```bash
     npm run build
     ```
@@ -106,4 +111,4 @@ A [VitePress](https://vitepress.dev/) documentation site that is used to generat
    npm run docs:dev
    ```
    This will then run your documentation at `http://localhost:5173/`
-2. **Make Changes:** Make any appropriate edits to the documentation (`/docs`). The documentation will live update, no need to re-build, restart the server or refresh the browser.
+2. **Make Changes:** Make any appropriate edits to the documentation (`/docs`). The documentation will live update, no need to re-build, restart the server or refresh the browser.