Starts a development server.
npx frontity dev [options]
Option | Description |
Builds the project for production. Related environment variable: | |
| Runs the server on a custom port. Default is 3000. Related environment variable: |
| Runs the server using https. Related environment variable: |
| Don't open a browser window with the localhost. Related environment variable: |
| Create bundles with |
Set the public path for static assets. Default path is | |
| Output usage information |
Examples
Starts a server in development mode using https and port 3002
npx frontity dev --https --port 3002
Starts a server in development mode using the folder assets
as the path for statics
npx frontity dev --public-path="/assets"
This flag correspond to webpack’s mode parameter so it will run webpack in the production mode as described there before launching the development server.
So, if you do:
npx frontity dev --production
The webpack bundler internally will do things like..
Enable certain webpack-specific optimizations and minify the code
Also disable hot-module reloading (HMR)
Not create source maps
Append hashes to filenames so for caching purposes
Normally, you would always use the development server in development mode, but sometimes you may want to check that everything works in production mode, or check the bundle analyzer (the files at /build/analyze
) for the production bundle.
Create bundles with es5
, module
or both
. Default target is both
.
If detected, and no --target <target>
option is defined for dev
Frontity command, this environment variable value will be applied.
Example:
FRONTITY_DEV_TARGET=moduleFRONTITY_DEV_TARGET=es
Runs the server on a custom port. Default is 3000
.
If detected, and no --port <port>
option is defined for dev
Frontity command, this environment variable value will be applied.
Example:
FRONTITY_DEV_PORT=3002
Runs the server using https.
Example:
FRONTITY_DEV_HTTPS=true
frontity dev
by default runs the server in "development mode" (no optimizations, uses the dev build of react, etc.). Setting this variable makes it run in "production mode".
Example:
FRONTITY_DEV_PRODUCTION=true
Set the public path for static assets. Default path is /static/
.
If detected, and no --public-path
flag is defined for dev
Frontity command, this environment variable value will be applied.
Example:
FRONTITY_DEV_PUBLIC_PATH=/assets/
Don't open a browser window after the Frontity server has been started.
Example:
FRONTITY_DEV_DONT_OPEN_BROWSER=true