[CLOSED] Reload Brackets, changes to extensions are cached (& unit tests)

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Issue by jrowny
Wednesday Sep 05, 2012 at 05:49 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#1551

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With the new brackets shell changes to extensions are cached and therefore don't reload when you hit F5 or reload brackets. To demonstrate the issue:

1. Add alert("I am here"); to brackets.js just after the define
2. hit f5, it works fine
3. add the same code to an extension in the user directory, and hit f5
4. nothing :(
5. unless brackets is completely closed and re-opened

Kinda a pain if you're working on an extension and just want to hit f5 to see your change.

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Comment by peterflynn
Wednesday Sep 05, 2012 at 06:40 GMT

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Possibly same bug as adobe/brackets-shell#32

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Comment by pthiess
Tuesday Sep 11, 2012 at 16:44 GMT

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Reviewed - assigned to@jasonsanjose

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Comment by jasonsanjose
Tuesday Sep 11, 2012 at 16:45 GMT

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I'll update here with a comment and update the developer docs on how to disable the cache.

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Comment by jasonsanjose
Tuesday Sep 11, 2012 at 16:46 GMT

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1. Choose "Debug > Show Developer Tools" in Brackets-Shell
2. In the developer tools tab that launches in Chrome, click the gear
   icon in the lower right
3. Check "Disable cache" in the "General" tab

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Comment by peterflynn
Wednesday Sep 19, 2012 at 20:08 GMT

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Note: this issue still occurs for unit test spec files too ("*-test.js"). Same workaround applies.

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Comment by peterflynn
Wednesday Sep 19, 2012 at 21:01 GMT

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Also note: the workaround only works while the Developer Tools window is open. If you close it, the bug comes back for any further changes to extension/spec code.

Ideally, we should figure out a way for brackets-shell to just automatically do whatever the "Disable cache" checkbox does (or maybe it could even be done in brackets core code, by pinging our own remote debugging URL?).

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Comment by njx
Saturday Nov 10, 2012 at 03:21 GMT

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I think this is now being tracked by #1744. Closing.