Submodule source of build code

[gavinr]

The Esri Web AppBuilder team is now storing the original build files (that this tool uses) on GitHub. In order to reduce duplication of code efforts, one idea was to use the Submodules feature to refer to that code in this repository. So then this repository would be primarily focused on providing the CLI to the build, but the actual build code would be handled over in that repository.

[kevinsagis]

I am confused now... That repo https://github.com/Esri-DevCenter-Beijing/wab-app-build-script looks like it aims to do the same thing. Is this Esri-wab-build repo more up to date or what is the difference? Which one should we use? This one?

[kevinsagis]

Also still sitting on the fence and waiting. I was thinking I'd wait for WAB 2.12 to drop, then, try this Builder in hopes it will actually work, and bring production viewers up to par with this combo if it is working. I still think Esri may want to consider making this an official part of the Dev Edition of WAB.

[gbochenek]

Hi @kevinsagis,

The repo found on the Esri-DevCenter-Beijing page is maintained by the core Web AppBuilder team and accomplishes a very similar end goal as this one. In fact, this repo is essentially a wrapper around an older version of that script providing for easier developer tooling.

Since that version of the repo is able to be updated more regularly than this one, this issue hopes to formalize the wrapper status of this project by including it as a sub-module of this one. That way, any updates to that repo will be more easily applied to this one. If you wanted to take a look at this issue, I would start by reviewing how app/buildTool.js is loaded from app/build and finding an entry into https://github.com/Esri-DevCenter-Beijing/wab-app-build-script we could use in its place.

If you are having issues with the current release of this tool against a specific version, that would be better addressed as its own issue.

Thanks!