wailsapp
Ability to reload/restart/etc the application from the console while running "wails dev"
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It would ease the development process and make it more comfortable if vite-style commands were supported within the console when running wails dev.
I believe in most react-vite applications, we can do 'r' to reload, 'q' to quit, etc to control the actions of the development server. This would be extremely handy in Wails. I believe Wails even uses Vite internally, so this could certainly be implemented?
Describe the solution you'd like
Certain keystrokes in the wails dev -console should execute certain actions, including but not limited to
- server reload (r)
- server restart (R)
- server shutdown (q)
- help text; showing the keystrokes and their meanings on the console (h)
Other possible features could perhaps be
- recompilation of the Golang backend and then reloading the app (c)
Describe alternatives you've considered
- adding a trigger to Vite to reload the frontend
- utilizing basic HMR that already comes with Vite (and subsequently Wails)
Additional context
No response
I've found "Air - Live reload for Go apps" very effective when developing the go backend.
It simply does what it says - no keystroke required.
Aside: I primarily develop the frontend in Svelte, which uses vite, and wails does the Live reload seamlessly.
