Vite plugin for Spring Boot backend

Functionality

This vite plugin has 2 main functionlities to make it possible to use Spring Boot with Vite:

• Copy the HTML templates (Thymeleaf or whatever template engine is used) when the Vite Dev Server is running when they change.
• Write a file containing the host and port that the Vite Dev Server is running on. This will allow the Spring Boot application to point to the correct URL for the JavaScript and CSS files so Hot Module Replacement works.

Usage

Add the plugin:

npm i -D @wim.deblauwe/vite-plugin-spring-boot

Update vite.config.js to use the plugin:

import springBoot from '@wim.deblauwe/vite-plugin-spring-boot';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    springBoot()
  ],
});

Building

• Run npm install
• Run npm run build-plugin

Testing locally

1. Run npm link from this plugin.
2. Run npm link @wim.deblauwe/vite-plugin-spring-boot from the project that would like to use the plugin

During development, run npm run build-plugin to have the changes available in the project that uses the plugin.

When done, you can run the following commands:

1. Run npm unlink --no-save @wim.deblauwe/vite-plugin-spring-boot in the project that uses the plugin.
2. Run npm unlink -g from this plugin.

Releasing

1. Set the version number in package.json
2. Commit locally.
3. Tag the commit with the version number (e.g. 1.0.0)
4. Push the commit and the tag to remote. This will trigger the release action on GitHub.