Minor improvements to build process and startup scripts

frontend/vite.config.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
   build: {
     outDir: '../static',
-    emptyOutDir: true,
+    emptyOutDir: false,
     sourcemap: true
   },
   server: {

start.cmd

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 @echo off
+setlocal
+REM Sample app startup script
 
+REM Process CLI options
+set CMD=%~1
+if "%CMD%" == "" (
+    echo Building the application.  To skip this step in the future, use the `--skip-build` option.
+    goto build
+) else if "%CMD%" == "--skip-build" (
+    echo Skipping build...
+    goto run
+)
+
+:build
 set NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192
 
 echo.
@@ -30,6 +43,7 @@ if "%errorlevel%" neq "0" (
     exit /B %errorlevel%
 )
 
+:run
 echo.    
 echo Starting backend    
 echo.    

start.sh

@@ -1,34 +1,76 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# script usage info
+function usage() {
+    cat <<USAGE
+
+    Usage: $0 [-s|--skip-build]
+
+    Options:
+        -s, --skip-build:              Optional.
+USAGE
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function build() {
+    echo "Building the application.  To skip this step in the future, use the `--skip-build` option."
+    echo ""
+    echo "Restoring frontend npm packages"
+    echo ""
+    cd frontend
+    npm install
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Failed to restore frontend npm packages"
+        exit $?
+    fi
+
+    echo ""
+    echo "Building frontend"
+    echo ""
+    npm run build
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Failed to build frontend"
+        exit $?
+    fi
+    cd ..
+
+    echo ""
+    echo "Restoring backend python packages"
+    . ./scripts/loadenv.sh
+}
+
+function run() {
+    echo ""
+    echo "Starting backend"
+    echo ""
+    ./.venv/bin/python -m quart run --port=50505 --host=127.0.0.1 --reload
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Failed to start backend"
+        exit $?
+    fi
+}
+
+SKIP_BUILD=0
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case $1 in
+    -s | --skip-build)
+        SKIP_BUILD=1
+        ;;
+    *)
+        usage
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
 
 export NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192
 
-echo ""
-echo "Restoring frontend npm packages"
-echo ""
-cd frontend
-npm install
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Failed to restore frontend npm packages"
-    exit $?
+if [[ $SKIP_BUILD == 0 ]]; then
+    build
 fi
 
-echo ""
-echo "Building frontend"
-echo ""
-npm run build
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Failed to build frontend"
-    exit $?
-fi
+run
+
 
-cd ..
-. ./scripts/loadenv.sh
 
-echo ""
-echo "Starting backend"
-echo ""
-./.venv/bin/python -m quart run --port=50505 --host=127.0.0.1 --reload
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Failed to start backend"
-    exit $?
-fi